Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A New Vision For York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Olive Oil Container
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Monk Bar
- George Leeman
- Fairfax House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Anglian Burial Vessel