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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Barley Hall
- York Bombed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Railway Institute
- De Grey Rooms
- The County Court House
- Fire in the Minster
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Cawood Sword
- Mary Ward
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Scarborough Bridge
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Castle Museum