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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Basilica
- The Retreat
- King's Manor - Victorian
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Red Tower
- The Railway Institute
- The Guildhall
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Stonegate
- Transport Moves On
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels