Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Mansion House
- Judges Lodging
- Second World War York
- Alcuin of York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Guildhall
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Military Belt Fitting
- Vikings and Christianity
- William Etty, Artist
- Yorkshire Museum
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Hospitium