Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Railway Station
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Alcuin of York
- The White Rose of York
- Dick Turpin
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Debtors' Prison
- Teaching the Poor
- York Garrison
- The New Theatre
- King Edward II and York
- The Retreat
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Judges Lodging
- The Battle of Marston Moor