Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- King Edward I and York
- Treasurer's House
- Monk Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Bar Convent
- The 1190 Massacre
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Helmet
- York Garrison
- Margaret Clitherow
- Guy Fawkes
- The Guildhall
- Fishergate Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Feeding Roman York
- The County Court House