Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Barley Hall
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Scarborough Bridge
- York's Coat of Arms
- A Pipkin
- The Horn of Ulf
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The End of the Abbey
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- New Earswick
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Bombed