Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Victoria Bar
- The Roman Fortress
- A New University
- King Edward III and York
- Crest of York St John College
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- First World War Memorial
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Council of Arles
- Our Lady's Row
- Treasurer's House
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St William's Shrine
- The Guildhall