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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Norman Abbey
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Basilica
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Castle Museum
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of an Athlete
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New Vision For York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Victoria Bar