Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Medieval Minster
- Church of St Helen
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Boot
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Carving
- A New Walk
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Railway Institute
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Union Gas Works
- Yorkshire Museum
- Crest of York St John College
- Ouse Bridge