Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Norman Window Frame
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Minster Library
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bronze weights
- King Edward III and York
- Statue of Napoleon
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- First World War Memorial
- King Edward I and York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Anglian Carving
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Military Belt Fitting