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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Middleham Jewel
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ouse Bridge
- Gold Arm Ring
- The First Minster
- John Carr - Architect
- The County Court House
- The End of the Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- Medieval Prisons
- St Crux's Church
- Fairfax House
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The New Theatre
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church