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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Transport Moves On
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Monk Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- Scarborough Bridge
- First World War York
- The Female Prison
- The Guildhall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Norman House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward III and York
- The Norman Castle
- Stonegate
- The Cawood Sword