Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Transport Moves On
- Constantius Chlorus
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Red Tower
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Water Lanes
- The White Rose of York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham School
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Lendal Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 18th Century