Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Mansion House
- The York Observatory
- Middleham Jewel
- Mary Ward
- Clifford's Tower
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The County Court House
- York Art Gallery
- The Railway Institute
- Lendal Bridge
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Church of St Helen
- Silver Strap Ends