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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- A New Vision For York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- De Grey Rooms
- The Assembly Rooms
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Vikings and Christianity
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King Edward I and York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Fairfax House
- Anglian Carving
- The Black Death
- York Art Gallery
- The Red Tower