Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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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.
- The Bar Convent
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Norman House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Basilica
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Art Gallery
- The Medieval Minster
- Bootham School