Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Fairfax House
- Walmgate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Coins
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Transport Moves On
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Art Gallery
- St Crux's Church
- Viking Male Grooming
- Victoria Bar
- Stonegate
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Sixties York