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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- View from Station Rise
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of St Helen
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Castle Museum
- York in the fifteenth Century
- New Earswick
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Olive Oil Container
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Basilica
- Victoria Bar
- York Central Library
- The White Rose of York