Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Central Library
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bone Trial Piece
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- View from Station Rise
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Debtors' Prison
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The First Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Cross
- The Multangular Tower
- Mary Ward
- York Bombed
- The Battle of the Standard