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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Cross
- The 1190 Massacre
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York Central Library
- The Battle of the Standard
- A New Walk
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Hospitium
- The Mystery Plays
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Micklegate Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Roman Head Pot