Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Margaret Clitherow
- The York Hoard
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Stonegate
- Viking Boot
- Crest of York St John College
- Bootham Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Clifford's Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The First Railway Station
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Hospitium
- Water Lanes