Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Lendal Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Statue of the God Mars
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- First World War York
- Fairfax House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Teaching the Poor
- The Roman Fortress
- St Crux's Church
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Medieval Minster
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Columba's United Reformed Church