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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- The Norman Minster
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- First World War Memorial
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Ripon College for Women
- The George Fox Incident
- Is York Cursed?
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Walmgate Bar
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Micklegate Bar
- The Railway Institute
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Helen