Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Feeding Roman York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Lendal Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Norman Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Our Lady's Row
- The Roman Fortress
- Gold Finger Ring