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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St William's Shrine
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Assembly Rooms
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Holy Trinity Church
- The First Minster
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Retreat
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of Napoleon
- Cinema Comes to York
- A New University
- The Roman Fortress