Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Inscription to Hecules
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Hospitium
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Abbot's House
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Viking Silk Cap
- Sixties York
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of Napoleon
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier