Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Bar Convent
- Church of St Helen
- Sixties York
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Micklegate Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Council of Arles
- Guy Fawkes
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Alcuin of York
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Castle