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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman House
- Alcuin of York
- New Shopping Centres
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Retreat
- The Norman Minster
- York Bombed
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bone Trial Piece
- Barker Tower
- Church of St Olave
- King Edward I and York
- De Grey Rooms
- Royal Station Hotel
- St Columba's United Reformed Church