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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Second World War York
- The York Observatory
- The Medieval Minster
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New University
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Constantius Chlorus
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bone Trial Piece
- Lendal Bridge
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Artists, Writers and Scientists