Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Is York Cursed?
- The Black Death
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Crux's Church
- William Etty, Artist
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- New Earswick
- Dick Turpin
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Viking Boot
- Anglian Carving
- The Bar Convent
- The York Observatory
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Roman Head Pot