Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Inscription to Hecules
- Middleham Jewel
- Second World War York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The County Court House
- Roman Head Pot
- Margaret Clitherow
- Olive Oil Container
- The First Railway Station
- The Multangular Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa