Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The George Fox Incident
- Barker Tower
- Lendal Bridge
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Railway Station
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Hospitium
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ripon College for Women
- The 1190 Massacre
- Scarborough Bridge
- Vikings and Christianity