Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's Airfield
- The County Court House
- Water Lanes
- Roman Head Pot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New Walk
- The Cawood Sword
- Church of St Olave
- Feeding Roman York
- York Art Gallery
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Cinema Comes to York
- Statue of the God Mars
- The York Observatory
- Church of St Wilfrid