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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Retreat
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Coins
- The Multangular Tower
- The Hospitium
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Assembly Rooms
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Fairfax House
- The Council of Arles
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Medieval Castle
- The York Helmet
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Central Methodist Chapel