Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Transport Moves On
- The York Observatory
- A Pipkin
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- View from Station Rise
- King Richard II and York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Hospitium
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Crest of York St John College
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Anglian Cross
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Queen Margaret's Arch