Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Barley Hall
- York St John in the 20th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- A New Vision For York
- The Basilica
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Holy Trinity Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Anglian Cross
- The Norman Minster
- First World War York
- Mary Ward
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Multangular Tower
- The York Observatory
- The Red Tower