Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Clifford's Tower
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The White Rose of York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Female Prison
- St Crux's Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The York Observatory
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bootham Bar
- Lendal Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Mansion House
- The Railway Institute