Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Roman Fortress
- Military Belt Fitting
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Lendal Tower
- Second World War York
- Fire in the Minster
- Norman Window Frame
- The Hospitium
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Retreat
- Lendal Bridge
- The Mystery Plays