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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Victoria Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Cawood Sword
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Alcuin of York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Transport Moves On
- King Edward I and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Yorkshire Museum
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot