Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Hospitium
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Richard III and York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Airfield
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Jubbergate
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Norman House
- York Bombed
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York Art Gallery
- Victoria Bar