Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- William Etty, Artist
- The Guildhall
- Second World War York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The York Hoard
- The End of the Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Greyfriars