Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Royal Station Hotel
- Gold Arm Ring
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze weights
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- William Etty, Artist
- York Castle Museum
- Fire in the Minster
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Debtors' Prison
- A New Walk
- Anglian Carving
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Greyfriars
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse