Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- The Assembly Rooms
- York's Airfield
- Bone Trial Piece
- Constantius Chlorus
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Micklegate Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Holocaust
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Victoria Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Medieval Abbey
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'