Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Roman Fortress
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Medieval Minster
- The Red Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Retreat
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Abbey
- York's Medieval Synagogue