Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Crux's Church
- York Union Gas Works
- The 1190 Massacre
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Medieval Prisons
- Middleham Jewel
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Barker Tower
- The Guildhall
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A Pipkin
- York Art Gallery