Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- William Etty, Artist
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Castle Museum
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Transport Moves On
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Guildhall
- The York Observatory
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- First World War York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Feeding Roman York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Coins
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'