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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Crux's Church
- Alcuin of York
- Transport Moves On
- York Bombed
- Statue of Napoleon
- Anglian Carving
- The Norman Minster
- King Edward II and York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Fire in the Minster
- Fairfax House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Silver Strap Ends
- Lendal Tower