Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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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 and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Minster
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Roman Fortress
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Cinema Comes to York
- Judges Lodging
- Viking Silk Cap
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Holocaust
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Retreat
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Union Gas Works
- Bootham School
- The First Minster
- St Crux's Church