Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Margaret Clitherow
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St Leonard's Hospital
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's Airfield
- The Medieval Minster
- The Abbot's House
- Our Lady's Row
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The First Minster
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Hospitium