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 Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Retreat
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Norman House
- New Shopping Centres
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Judges Lodging
- Clifford's Tower
- Mary Ward
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Our Lady's Row
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Medieval Prisons
- Jewbury Cemetery