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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Greyfriars
- Feeding Roman York
- Constantius Chlorus
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Viking Boot
- The Guildhall
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Silk Cap
- Inscription to Hecules
- Fishergate Bar
- York's Airfield
- The Mansion House
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Head Pot
- York St John in the 20th Century