Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St William's Shrine
- New Shopping Centres
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King Edward I and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Transport Moves On
- The First Railway Station
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Monk Bar