Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- York Union Gas Works
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Helen
- St William's Shrine
- Viking Boot
- York Railway Station
- Treasurer's House
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Olive Oil Container
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Teaching the Poor
- Dick Turpin
- Alcuin of York
- Barley Hall
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Aldwark Synagogue