Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Medieval Prisons
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King Edward I and York
- The Retreat
- Anglian Cross
- The Railway Institute
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's first historian: Francis Drake