Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Sixties York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Second World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- Victoria Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Central Library
- The Hospitium
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Medieval Prisons
- Mary Ward
- Micklegate Bar