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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- A New Vision For York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Bar Convent
- Statue of Napoleon
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Monk Bar
- Statue of an Athlete
- Stonegate
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Horn of Ulf
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'