Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York's Airfield
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- New Earswick
- Norman Window Frame
- A Pipkin
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze weights
- Barley Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Debtors' Prison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Guy Fawkes
- Judges Lodging
- The Roman Fortress
- York St John in the 20th Century