Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Bootham Bar
- A New Vision For York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Jubbergate
- Crest of York St John College
- The County Court House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Anglian Cross
- Anglian Carving
- New Earswick
- The Council of Arles
- The Guildhall
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- First World War Memorial