Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Shopping Centres
- Minster Library
- The 1190 Massacre
- The York Hoard
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Council of Arles
- The Medieval Abbey
- George Leeman
- Judges Lodging
- Mary Ward
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Middleham Jewel
- York's Airfield