Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Central Library
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cinema Comes to York
- King Edward I and York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The First Minster
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Barker Tower
- A New Vision For York
- The Assembly Rooms