Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Transport Moves On
- Fishergate Bar
- The Multangular Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Black Death
- Bone Trial Piece
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Retreat
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze weights
- Church of All Saints Pavement