Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Horn of Ulf
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Holy Trinity Church
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Guildhall
- Scarborough Bridge
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rowntree Park
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fire in the Minster
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The First Minster
- The Multangular Tower