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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The End of the Abbey
- King's Manor - Victorian
- First World War York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Viking Boot
- New Shopping Centres
- The White Rose of York
- York Art Gallery
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Middleham Jewel