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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Inscription to Hecules
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Assembly Rooms
- New Earswick
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Female Prison
- Barker Tower
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Gold Finger Ring