Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Cawood Sword
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Royal Station Hotel
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Roman Fortress
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King's Manor - Victorian