Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Hoard
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Retreat
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman Abbey
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Barker Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Our Lady's Row
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers