Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Norman Abbey
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Is York Cursed?
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Abbot's House
- Barley Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Jubbergate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa