Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Anglian Carving
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Vikings and Christianity
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Helen
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Military Belt Fitting
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's Airfield
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bronze weights
- St Crux's Church
- King Edward I and York