Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- New Earswick
- Gold Arm Ring
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Roman Fortress
- King Edward I and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Prisons
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Norman House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman Abbey