Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Hospitium
- The George Fox Incident
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Treasurer's House
- Alcuin of York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The White Rose of York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Cross
- Lendal Tower
- All Saints Church, North Street
- John Carr - Architect
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)