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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Bar Convent
- Crest of York St John College
- Stonegate
- The Railway Institute
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Black Death
- Is York Cursed?
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The County Court House
- York Castle Museum
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Cinema Comes to York