Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Minster Library
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Helen
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- New Shopping Centres
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Art Gallery
- The Mansion House
- The Red Tower
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The End of the Abbey
- St Crux's Church
- Clifford's Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace