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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Mansion House
- Norman Window Frame
- The Medieval Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- Is York Cursed?
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Olive Oil Container
- The Female Prison
- King Richard III and York
- King Richard II and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ripon College for Women
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Barley Hall