Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- A Pipkin
- Rowntree Park
- The County Court House
- Church of St Helen
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Holocaust
- York Central Library
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Statue of the God Mars
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Gold Finger Ring
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The White Rose of York