Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Our Lady's Row
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Micklegate Bar
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Central Library
- Dick Turpin
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Mansion House
- First World War Memorial
- Bootham School
- Teaching the Poor
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters