Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Rowntree Park
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Transport Moves On
- King Edward II and York
- The Basilica
- Sixties York
- York Union Gas Works
- The 1190 Massacre
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Olive Oil Container
- Industrial Upheaval
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Abbot's House
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Hoard
- Dick Turpin
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa