Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- First World War Memorial
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Red Tower
- Church of St Helen
- Transport Moves On
- St William's Shrine
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Judges Lodging
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Military Belt Fitting