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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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The End of the Abbey
- Is York Cursed?
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Red Tower
- The Hospitium
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Alcuin of York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Queen Margaret's Arch