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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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Medieval Minster
- The Norman Castle
- Bronze weights
- Royal Station Hotel
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Hospitium
- Church of St Helen
- The Female Prison
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Central Library
- Fairfax House
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Walmgate Bar
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster in the 20th Century