Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Helmet
- The New Theatre
- York and the Holocaust
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Richard III and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Railway Institute
- Mary Ward
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The York Hoard
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- View from Station Rise
- The County Court House