Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Mystery Plays
- A New University
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Lendal Tower
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Barley Hall
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Minster Library
- Vikings and Christianity
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Garrison
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Red Tower