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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Statue of Napoleon
- Teaching the Poor
- King Richard III and York
- The Mystery Plays
- George Leeman
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The End of the Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of the God Mars