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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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Statue of Napoleon
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Cinema Comes to York
- Barley Hall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Viking Coins
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Jubbergate
- A New University
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Sixties York
- Crest of York St John College