Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- York Railway Station
- Vikings and Christianity
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- First World War York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- George Leeman
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The First Railway Station
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York