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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Statue of an Athlete
- Norman Window Frame
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Barley Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Norman Minster
- York Castle Museum