Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- The Norman Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Dick Turpin
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Cawood Sword
- Second World War York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Multangular Tower
- Teaching the Poor
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Minster Library