Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Castle
- Feeding Roman York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Constantius Chlorus
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Council of Arles
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Lendal Tower
- The Retreat
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- A Pipkin
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York's Airfield