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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Scarborough Bridge
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Assembly Rooms
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Inscription to Hecules
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Greyfriars
- Norman Window Frame
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Bombed