Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- Yorkshire Museum
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- All Saints Church, North Street
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Guy Fawkes
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Garrison
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard II and York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Teaching the Poor
- George Leeman
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake