Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Minster Library
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York Bombed
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Edward II and York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- William Etty, Artist
- Bronze weights
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Abbot's House
- New Shopping Centres
- The Greyfriars
- York and the Holocaust
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Margaret Clitherow
- Vikings and Christianity