Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Amber Bead Workshop
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Silk Cap
- Monk Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's Airfield
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Artists, Writers and Scientists