Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St William's Shrine
- York Bombed
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Olave
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions