Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Abbot's House
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Cawood Sword
- George Leeman
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Abbey
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bone Trial Piece
- A New Walk
- Clifford's Tower
- Is York Cursed?
- Margaret Clitherow
- Dick Turpin
- Artists, Writers and Scientists