Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- New Earswick
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Assembly Rooms
- Fire in the Minster
- Norman Window Frame
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Greyfriars
- A New Walk
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Anglian Carving
- Bone Trial Piece
- George Leeman
- The Black Death