Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Monk Bar
- A New University
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Roman Head Pot
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Garrison
- Water Lanes
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bronze weights
- Stonegate
- Ouse Bridge
- First World War Memorial
- The White Rose of York
- The Multangular Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier