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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard III and York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Monk Bar
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Helmet
- York Art Gallery
- King Richard II and York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A New University
- First World War York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers