Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Bootham School
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Black Death
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Mystery Plays
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ouse Bridge
- The Retreat
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Treasurer's House