Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman House
- Aldwark Synagogue
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- The Abbot's House
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bootham School
- A New Walk
- Anglian Carving
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Railway Station
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Monk Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital