Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Wilfrid
- A New University
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Boot
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Judges Lodging
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Norman Minster
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Dick Turpin
- The Shambles