Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- The Multangular Tower
- Viking Coins
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Debtors' Prison
- A Pipkin
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Horn of Ulf
- King Edward I and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- 62 Low Petergate
- Treasurer's House
- Second World War York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Statue of the God Mars
- Aldwark Synagogue