Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Roman Fortress
- Margaret Clitherow
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Water Lanes
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Medieval Minster
- First World War Memorial
- Military Belt Fitting
- Holy Trinity Church
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Anglian Cross
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward II and York
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Female Prison