Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Micklegate Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Our Lady's Row
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Red Tower
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- A New Vision For York
- A New Walk
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Silk Cap
- Constantius Chlorus
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Ripon College for Women
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King's Manor - Victorian