Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Hospitium
- Fairfax House
- First World War Memorial
- Church of St Olave
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Roman Fortress
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Medieval Abbey
- Middleham Jewel
- John Carr - Architect
- The Minster in the 20th Century