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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Bar Convent
- Fire in the Minster
- The New Theatre
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Feeding Roman York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Guy Fawkes
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Olave
- The York Hoard
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Fairfax House