Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Bootham Bar
- A New Vision For York
- The York Helmet
- Feeding Roman York
- A New University
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- New Shopping Centres
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York Castle Museum
- The Basilica
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Railway Institute
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Roman Gods and Goddesses