Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The York Observatory
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- The Black Death
- Sixties York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Vikings and Christianity
- Gold Finger Ring
- Barker Tower
- A New University
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy