Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Bar
- Water Lanes
- The Mansion House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Dick Turpin
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The York Hoard
- The County Court House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop