Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Fairfax House
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Red Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Walmgate Bar
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bootham School
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Black Death
- Fire in the Minster
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Holocaust