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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Viking Sword Pommel
- A New University
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- New Earswick
- Military Belt Fitting
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Roman Fortress
- Minster Library
- A New Vision For York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The York Hoard
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's first historian: Francis Drake