Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman Abbey
- Gold Arm Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Carving
- Walmgate Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- 62 Low Petergate
- A Pipkin
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- First World War York
- King Richard II and York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Anglian Burial Vessel