Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inscription to Hecules
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Helmet
- York St John in the 20th Century
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of St Olave
- View from Station Rise
- York Central Library
- The Norman House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Norman Window Frame
- Industrial Upheaval
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor - Victorian