Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Norman Minster
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Richard III and York
- The York Helmet
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The County Court House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Statue of the God Mars
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Sixties York