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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Medieval Abbey
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Stonegate
- Teaching the Poor
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Rowntree Park
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Vikings and Christianity
- Industrial Upheaval
- Church of St Helen
- Our Lady's Row
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Medieval Castle