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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Walmgate Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Bar Convent
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Shopping Centres
- St William's Shrine
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze weights
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Assembly Rooms
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The 1190 Massacre
- Anglian Carving
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New Vision For York
- Rebuilt in Stone