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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Teaching the Poor
- The Female Prison
- Mithras and Arimanius
- John Carr - Architect
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Guy Fawkes
- Transport Moves On
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- View from Station Rise
- Statue of the God Mars
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in Viking Times