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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Art Gallery
- Barker Tower
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Roman Fortress
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Military Belt Fitting
- Holy Trinity Church
- King Richard II and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Ouse Bridge
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The County Court House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Constantius Chlorus