Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Bone Trial Piece
- Water Lanes
- New Shopping Centres
- Viking Coins
- The York Observatory
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Abbot's House
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Judges Lodging
- York Central Library
- The Norman Castle
- The Female Prison
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York in the fifteenth Century