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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Inscription to Hecules
- New Earswick
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Bar Convent
- The Medieval Minster
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Viking Coins
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The York Observatory
- George Leeman