Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Fire in the Minster
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Abbot's House
- Anglian Cross
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The First Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Statue of an Athlete
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Cinema Comes to York
- Rowntree Park
- Jewbury Cemetery
- First World War Memorial