Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Norman Abbey
- The White Rose of York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Council of Arles
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Central Library
- Bronze weights
- William Etty, Artist
- The End of the Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Shambles