Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Second World War York
- The Norman Minster
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Observatory
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Mystery Plays
- Fairfax House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Our Lady's Row
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Medieval Castle
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Crest of York St John College
- York Art Gallery