Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Cross
- Olive Oil Container
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Crux's Church
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Viking Boot
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Gold Arm Ring
- Tombstone of Julia Velva