Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The George Fox Incident
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Minster Library
- Is York Cursed?
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Castle
- Middleham Jewel
- Ripon College for Women
- York's Airfield
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Shambles
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York Castle Museum
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey