Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Railway Institute
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Yorkshire Museum
- Victoria Bar
- The Norman Minster
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Lendal Tower
- Viking Male Grooming
- New Shopping Centres
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Black Death
- Vikings and Christianity
- 62 Low Petergate
- Fishergate Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier