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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Abbot's House
- Barley Hall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Edward I and York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Union Gas Works
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Statue of Napoleon
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Monk Bar
- The York Hoard
- St Crux's Church
- Church of St Helen