Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Female Prison
- Margaret Clitherow
- First World War Memorial
- Water Lanes
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Minster
- Statue of Napoleon
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The First Railway Station
- The Shambles
- The First Minster
- Scarborough Bridge
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'