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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Female Prison
- The Red Tower
- The Multangular Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Leonard's Hospital
- First World War Memorial
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- William Etty, Artist
- Anglian Carving
- York Garrison
- King Richard III and York
- The Guildhall
- Viking Coins
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Railway Station
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall