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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Norman Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Mansion House
- St William's Shrine
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Ripon College for Women
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- King Edward I and York
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of the God Mars
- The White Rose of York
- Judges Lodging
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Barley Hall