Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Middleham Jewel
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- First World War York
- Viking Boot
- The Assembly Rooms
- Second World War York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze weights
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Jewbury Cemetery