Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of the God Mars
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Guildhall
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Red Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Edward I and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Abbot's House