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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Mary Ward
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Edward III and York
- York and the Holocaust
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Crux's Church
- The Assembly Rooms
- Olive Oil Container
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The York Helmet
- A Pipkin
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill