Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Church of St Helen
- The Norman House
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cinema Comes to York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- William Etty, Artist
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Micklegate Bar
- Hair of a Roman Girl