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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Castle Museum
- New Shopping Centres
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Fishergate Bar
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The York Helmet
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Observatory
- A New University
- The Mystery Plays