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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The George Fox Incident
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- A New Walk
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Sixties York
- King Edward III and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse