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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Medieval Minster
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A New Vision For York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Medieval Castle
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Garrison
- Feeding Roman York
- King Richard II and York
- The Greyfriars
- Cinema Comes to York
- The White Rose of York
- York and the Holocaust