Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Norman Window Frame
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Olave
- The Horn of Ulf
- The White Rose of York
- A Pipkin
- Bootham Bar
- Jubbergate
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham School
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Ouse Bridge
- Roman Head Pot
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Holy Trinity Church
- George Leeman