Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bootham Bar
- Church of St Olave
- St William's Shrine
- York Art Gallery
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham School
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The End of the Abbey
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Greyfriars
- Dick Turpin
- Constantius Chlorus
- Lendal Tower
- The County Court House