Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Crux's Church
- Our Lady's Row
- Yorkshire Museum
- Jubbergate
- The Norman Castle
- The Cawood Sword
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Viking Silk Cap
- Gold Arm Ring
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Anglian Cross