Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Coins
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Water Lanes
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Walmgate Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York Garrison
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York