Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- The York Observatory
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The White Rose of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King Richard II and York
- York Union Gas Works
- Olive Oil Container
- The Norman Abbey
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Debtors' Prison
- The New Theatre
- The Black Death
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy