Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Roman Fortress
- Water Lanes
- Sixties York
- The Hospitium
- The Black Death
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Railway Institute
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Church of St Helen
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Barker Tower
- York Castle Museum
- The Norman Abbey