Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- King Richard III and York
- York Art Gallery
- Ouse Bridge
- Mary Ward
- Medieval Prisons
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Greyfriars
- The Norman House