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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Viking Sword Pommel
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The End of the Abbey
- Rowntree Park
- King Richard II and York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Debtors' Prison
- Ouse Bridge