Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Lendal Tower
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Roman Head Pot
- Holy Trinity Church
- William Etty, Artist
- Ripon College for Women
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Norman Minster
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham Bar
- The Medieval Minster