Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Barley Hall
- Gold Arm Ring
- The York Observatory
- View from Station Rise
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Viking Silk Cap
- New Shopping Centres
- The Victorian Prison Building
- A New Vision For York
- Church of All Saints Pavement