Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Medieval Minster
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A New University
- First World War Memorial
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bootham School
- King Richard II and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Dick Turpin
- Church of St Olave
- The Shambles
- New Shopping Centres