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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Abbot's House
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Norman Abbey
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Micklegate Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- St William's Shrine
- The First Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Lendal Tower
- King Richard II and York
- Lendal Bridge
- Water Lanes
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The End of the Abbey