Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Is York Cursed?
- New Shopping Centres
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Yorkshire Museum
- Feeding Roman York
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Railway Institute
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Shambles
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The 1190 Massacre
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Mystery Plays
- Ouse Bridge
- York Bombed