Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Bombed
- Fairfax House
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Garrison
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Holocaust
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Fire in the Minster