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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- A Pipkin
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Art Gallery
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Norman Abbey
- York's Airfield
- The Retreat
- Yorkshire Museum
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Barley Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Walmgate Bar