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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The York Observatory
- York Central Library
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bronze weights
- Crest of York St John College
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Bar Convent
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- View from Station Rise
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman Minster
- The Greyfriars