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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Anglian Carving
- The County Court House
- Clifford's Tower
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Statue of the God Mars
- Rowntree Park
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Holy Trinity Church
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Fire in the Minster
- The York Observatory
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Female Prison
- Vikings and Christianity
- Minster Library
- York in the fifteenth Century