Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York Bombed
- Stonegate
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- A New Vision For York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Lendal Tower
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging
- The York Hoard
- The Medieval Minster
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions