Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York's Airfield
- The Female Prison
- The York Hoard
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Castle
- The Bar Convent
- Jubbergate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Barker Tower
- Monk Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Black Death