Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree Park
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Barley Hall
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Constantius Chlorus
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- King Richard II and York
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Garrison
- The White Rose of York
- Anglian Carving