Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- The York Helmet
- Sixties York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Council of Arles
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Norman Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Bombed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Greyfriars
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A New University
- Bootham School
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Viking Male Grooming
- View from Station Rise