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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Mystery Plays
- George Leeman
- York's Coat of Arms
- The New Theatre
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Monk Bar
- Bronze weights
- First World War York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Jubbergate
- York Railway Station
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- 62 Low Petergate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Railway Institute