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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- King Edward II and York
- Minster Library
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Yorkshire Museum
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The George Fox Incident
- Bootham School
- Is York Cursed?
- Treasurer's House
- The Cawood Sword
- The Female Prison
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Guildhall