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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- William Etty, Artist
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York's Coat of Arms
- New Earswick
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Medieval Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Ouse Bridge
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Silver Strap Ends
- First World War York
- Bootham School
- The Hospitium
- The York Observatory
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York