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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- William Etty, Artist
- The York Hoard
- The End of the Abbey
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Bombed
- Dick Turpin
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- King Edward III and York
- Mary Ward
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Guildhall
- Bronze weights
- Judges Lodging
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Statue of the God Mars