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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Micklegate Bar
- The Basilica
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Monk Bar
- York Castle Museum
- The Roman Fortress
- Fairfax House
- Water Lanes
- Second World War York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The York Helmet