Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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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 Railway King: George Hudson
- Ouse Bridge
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Railway Institute
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Council of Arles
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Clifford's Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries