Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Finger Ring
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Cawood Sword
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Ouse Bridge
- Feeding Roman York
- The First Minster
- Margaret Clitherow
- Silver Strap Ends
- Treasurer's House
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The End of the Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Shambles