Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- York Railway Station
- The Medieval Castle
- The New Theatre
- The White Rose of York
- Victoria Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Fairfax House
- Stonegate
- View from Station Rise
- Sixties York
- The Council of Arles
- The York Hoard
- Vikings and Christianity
- Water Lanes