Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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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 City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Micklegate Bar
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St William's Shrine
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Railway Station
- Minster Library
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Female Prison
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Norman Window Frame
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Second World War York
- York Bombed
- Dick Turpin