Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The First Minster
- York Garrison
- The Norman Castle
- Eric Bloodaxe
- William Etty, Artist
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Is York Cursed?
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Greyfriars
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Red Tower
- The Council of Arles
- The White Rose of York
- York Bombed
- Gold Finger Ring
- Clifford's Tower