Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- A New University
- King Edward II and York
- Jubbergate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- William Etty, Artist
- The Red Tower
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Lendal Bridge
- York Central Library
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions