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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Central Library
- King Edward I and York
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Micklegate Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Fire in the Minster
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Railway Station
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bronze weights
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Martin Le Grand Church