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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The County Court House
- The York Helmet
- 62 Low Petergate
- View from Station Rise
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Carving
- Inscription to Hecules
- The York Observatory
- Statue of Napoleon
- Lendal Tower
- The First Railway Station
- Water Lanes
- The York Hoard
- Fire in the Minster
- De Grey Rooms