Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Walmgate Bar
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Gold Arm Ring
- Jubbergate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The White Rose of York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- St William's Shrine
- The Abbot's House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New Walk
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)