Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- De Grey Rooms
- The Mystery Plays
- York's Coat of Arms
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Coins
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- A New Vision For York
- Dick Turpin
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Sixties York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Medieval Abbey