Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- St Crux's Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Union Gas Works
- The George Fox Incident
- The White Rose of York
- Anglian Cross
- King Richard II and York
- St William's Shrine
- Mary Ward
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- George Leeman
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The County Court House
- Clifford's Tower