Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Military Belt Fitting
- Silver Strap Ends
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Norman Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Judges Lodging
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Norman Castle
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Greyfriars
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre