Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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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 Roman Fortress
- Jubbergate
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Viking Boot
- Bootham Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Bar Convent
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Black Death
- The Red Tower
- De Grey Rooms
- Micklegate Bar
- York Railway Station