Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- New Earswick
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fishergate Bar
- Barley Hall
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Battle of the Standard
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze weights
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Greyfriars
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Richard II and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St William's Shrine
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool