Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- De Grey Rooms
- First World War York
- Lendal Tower
- Teaching the Poor
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Central Library
- The End of the Abbey
- Rowntree Park
- Royal Station Hotel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Bar
- The Council of Arles
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'