Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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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...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman Abbey
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Second World War York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Crux's Church
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Olave
- Gold Arm Ring
- The White Rose of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Victoria Bar
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bootham School
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Red Tower
- York's Airfield