Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Micklegate Bar
- First World War Memorial
- Anglian Cross
- St William's Shrine
- The Assembly Rooms
- Lendal Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Observatory
- William Etty, Artist
- Yorkshire Museum
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Transport Moves On
- Teaching the Poor
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Helen