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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Is York Cursed?
- The Black Death
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Micklegate Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Mansion House
- De Grey Rooms
- York's Coat of Arms