Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Cross
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Medieval Minster
- The First Railway Station
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Basilica
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Water Lanes
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- Stonegate