Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- Walmgate Bar
- Fairfax House
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Anglian Carving
- Yorkshire Museum
- New Earswick
- The Norman Castle
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Council of Arles
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Royal Station Hotel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Black Death
- Ripon College for Women
- John Carr - Architect