Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- Guy Fawkes
- Medieval Prisons
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Castle
- The Abbot's House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- Olive Oil Container
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Airfield
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Mansion House