Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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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 Retreat
- Church of St Olave
- York Railway Station
- Sixties York
- Constantius Chlorus
- King Richard III and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Barley Hall
- Bootham Bar
- York Art Gallery
- Monk Bar
- 62 Low Petergate
- Cinema Comes to York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Black Death
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of St Wilfrid