Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Crest of York St John College
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Norman Castle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The First Minster
- The Abbot's House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Lendal Tower
- The New Theatre
- Holy Trinity Church
- Medieval Prisons
- The Retreat