Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Retreat
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Railway Station
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Mary Ward
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Micklegate Bar
- A New Vision For York
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Ouse Bridge
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The York Helmet
- Daniel Defoe's York