Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Female Prison
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Basilica
- Industrial Upheaval
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Yorkshire Museum
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Railway Institute
- Is York Cursed?
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Silk Cap