Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Fire in the Minster
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Greyfriars
- Second World War York
- View from Station Rise
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Retreat
- The Black Death
- York Railway Station
- York Garrison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Crest of York St John College
- Roman Head Pot
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Ripon College for Women
- Medieval Prisons
- Church of St Wilfrid