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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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bronze weights
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Roman Head Pot
- New Shopping Centres
- York Union Gas Works
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Greyfriars
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Hospitium
- First World War York
- The Female Prison
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Bar Convent
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Jubbergate