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 Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Norman Abbey
- Bronze weights
- Barley Hall
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Sixties York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Church of St Olave
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Lendal Tower
- New Shopping Centres
- The Multangular Tower