Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Mansion House
- George Leeman
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Central Library
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Female Prison
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Railway Station
- Our Lady's Row
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Assembly Rooms
- First World War Memorial