Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Bar Convent
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Yorkshire Museum
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The First Minster
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Coins
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- New Earswick
- Bootham School
- Bronze weights
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Central Methodist Chapel