Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- A Pipkin
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Boot
- Industrial Upheaval
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Castle
- Treasurer's House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- New Shopping Centres
- Olive Oil Container
- Minster Library
- Clifford's Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate