Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Boot
- Transport Moves On
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Norman Window Frame
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Assembly Rooms
- Church of St Helen
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- William Etty, Artist
- The New Theatre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- New Earswick
- Barley Hall
- The Crossed Keys Symbol