Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- New Earswick
- First World War York
- Clifford's Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The First Minster
- Guy Fawkes
- Crest of York St John College
- Statue of an Athlete
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Medieval Castle
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Wilfrid