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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Crux's Church
- Mary Ward
- William Etty, Artist
- Walmgate Bar
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Scarborough Bridge
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Alcuin of York
- The County Court House
- Barker Tower
- The Black Death