Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham School
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Medieval Castle
- Feeding Roman York
- Fairfax House
- A New Walk
- Bootham Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Retreat
- The White Rose of York
- Barker Tower
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Railway Station
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Abbot's House