Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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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...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Fairfax House
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Greyfriars
- King Edward III and York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Helen
- Silver Strap Ends
- York Bombed
- The Cawood Sword
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Medieval Abbey
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)