Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- The Roman Fortress
- Olive Oil Container
- The Debtors' Prison
- Roman Head Pot
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Art Gallery
- The Norman House
- St Martin Le Grand Church