Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- View from Station Rise
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Constantius Chlorus
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- John Carr - Architect
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Anglian Cross
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Dick Turpin
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Union Gas Works
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Viking Coins