Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Minster Library
- The Norman Castle
- St William's Shrine
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- New Shopping Centres
- The First Minster
- The Roman Fortress
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman House
- York Art Gallery
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Sixties York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Silk Cap