Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Battle of the Standard
- Norman Window Frame
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Garrison
- Teaching the Poor
- Sixties York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Coins
- Gold Arm Ring
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze weights