Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Treasurer's House
- York Union Gas Works
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The First Minster
- Gold Finger Ring
- The George Fox Incident
- Ouse Bridge
- The Female Prison
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Male Grooming
- Military Belt Fitting
- Walmgate Bar
- King Richard III and York
- Water Lanes
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of St Olave