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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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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The First Minster
- The County Court House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Red Tower
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Helen
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Edward II and York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Observatory