Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Hoard
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Central Library
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The York Observatory
- Rebuilt in Stone
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Dick Turpin
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Gold Finger Ring
- A New University
- King Richard II and York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector