Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- The Roman Fortress
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Ouse Bridge
- Bootham School
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Gold Finger Ring
- York Central Library
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Transport Moves On
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Crest of York St John College
- The Basilica
- The Hospitium
- Middleham Jewel