Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- De Grey Rooms
- Judges Lodging
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Shambles
- Roman Head Pot
- Bootham School
- The Debtors' Prison
- George Leeman
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Water Lanes
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Treasurer's House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Wilfrid