Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Gold Arm Ring
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars
- Walmgate Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Retreat
- The New Theatre
- The Victorian Prison Building
- William Etty, Artist
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- View from Station Rise
- A New Vision For York