Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Church of St Olave
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Union Gas Works
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Mystery Plays
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- New Shopping Centres
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The York Helmet
- Olive Oil Container
- York Castle Museum
- The Greyfriars
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Rebuilt in Stone