Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Norman Castle
- George Leeman
- The Basilica
- Church of St Helen
- The Norman Abbey
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Red Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham School
- Guy Fawkes
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Union Gas Works
- The York Observatory
- Ripon College for Women