Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The York Observatory
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The First Railway Station
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Council of Arles
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- View from Station Rise
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Ouse Bridge
- Vikings and Christianity
- The End of the Abbey
- Viking Boot
- The First Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Water Lanes