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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Military Belt Fitting
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- First World War Memorial
- Holy Trinity Church
- Treasurer's House
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Female Prison
- Mary Ward
- Viking Coins
- Yorkshire Museum
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St William's Shrine