Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Garrison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Roman Head Pot
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Minster Library
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Richard II and York