Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- York Central Library
- Constantius Chlorus
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Vikings and Christianity
- Barley Hall
- The Retreat
- A Pipkin
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Norman Castle
- Teaching the Poor
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- First World War Memorial
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Anglian Carving
- Is York Cursed?
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier