Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Viking Silk Cap
- The End of the Abbey
- Our Lady's Row
- A Pipkin
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of the God Mars
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Bar Convent
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Council of Arles
- Artists, Writers and Scientists