Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Military Belt Fitting
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Helen
- The York Helmet
- Micklegate Bar
- The New Theatre
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- View from Station Rise
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- King Edward II and York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Constantius Chlorus