Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Mithras and Arimanius
- View from Station Rise
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Richard II and York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- William Etty, Artist
- The Medieval Castle
- The Medieval Abbey
- Church of St Helen
- York Union Gas Works
- Dick Turpin
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Yorkshire Museum
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Vale of York Viking Hoard