Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The First Railway Station
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Daniel Defoe's York
- First World War Memorial
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Minster
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- De Grey Rooms
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle