Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Central Library
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York and the Holocaust
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Barker Tower
- St Crux's Church
- The Hospitium
- The Guildhall
- Scarborough Bridge
- New Shopping Centres
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Female Prison
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's Coat of Arms