Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Carving
- The Hospitium
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Abbot's House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Female Prison
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Statue of Napoleon
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The End of the Abbey