Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Greyfriars
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Boot
- The Abbot's House
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Holy Trinity Church
- Olive Oil Container
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- King Richard II and York
- Middleham Jewel
- Alcuin of York