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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- George Leeman
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Norman Minster
- Water Lanes
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- New Earswick
- The York Hoard
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Assembly Rooms
- De Grey Rooms
- King Richard III and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The New Theatre