Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- The County Court House
- Is York Cursed?
- York Railway Station
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mary Ward
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Viking Boot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Guy Fawkes
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Horn of Ulf
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The York Helmet
- The Abbot's House