Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Feeding Roman York
- Medieval Prisons
- The Guildhall
- Barker Tower
- The York Helmet
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Red Tower
- A New University
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze weights
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Archbishop Scrope Executed