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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Viking Coins
- The New Theatre
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman Castle
- York Railway Station
- Stonegate
- King Edward III and York
- York Union Gas Works
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Fire in the Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Walmgate Bar
- Scarborough Bridge