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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Union Gas Works
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mary Ward
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Art Gallery
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barley Hall
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Bar Convent
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bronze weights
- Feeding Roman York
- Guy Fawkes
- Margaret Clitherow
- Vikings and Christianity