Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Castle Museum
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Monk Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Inscription to Hecules
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Guildhall
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- New Earswick
- Mary Ward
- William Etty, Artist
- York and the Holocaust
- King Edward I and York