Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Coins
- Viking Male Grooming
- A New Vision For York
- King Edward I and York
- The Mansion House
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Council of Arles
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Monk Bar
- Constantius Chlorus
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ouse Bridge
- Olive Oil Container