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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- George Leeman
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Is York Cursed?
- The First Minster
- The Female Prison
- A New University
- Treasurer's House
- Sixties York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- First World War Memorial
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Rowntree Park
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Assembly Rooms
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The New Theatre