Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Council of Arles
- The End of the Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- View from Station Rise
- New Shopping Centres
- Treasurer's House
- Walmgate Bar
- Church of St Helen
- The Basilica
- York and the Holocaust
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church