Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Greyfriars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Lendal Bridge
- Feeding Roman York
- The Norman Minster
- Lendal Tower
- The Mansion House
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze weights
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Richard II and York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Boot
- Rowntree Park