Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barker Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Sixties York
- King Edward III and York
- York Railway Station
- New Shopping Centres
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Dick Turpin
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Helen
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Shambles
- The Mansion House
- Stonegate