Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Abbey
- St Crux's Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Alcuin of York
- York Railway Station
- Barley Hall
- Church of St Helen
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Yorkshire Museum
- View from Station Rise
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy