Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Assembly Rooms
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of the Standard
- Guy Fawkes
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Edward II and York
- Micklegate Bar
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- George Leeman
- King Richard II and York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Carving
- The New Theatre
- The York Observatory