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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- Transport Moves On
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- First World War York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Royal Station Hotel
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Is York Cursed?
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Margaret Clitherow
- Viking Coins
- The 1190 Massacre
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa