Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Constantius Chlorus
- Fire in the Minster
- First World War York
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Olive Oil Container
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Transport Moves On
- The Female Prison
- The Norman Abbey
- King Edward III and York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Inscription to Hecules