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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Transport Moves On
- Barker Tower
- The Retreat
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- A New Walk
- The Roman Fortress
- The York Helmet
- Second World War York
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze weights
- York Bombed
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Monk Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Middleham Jewel