Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Male Grooming
- Viking Coins
- Rowntree Park
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Battle of the Standard
- A New Vision For York
- Fairfax House
- Dick Turpin
- King Richard II and York
- Feeding Roman York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Shambles