Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Treasurer's House
- The George Fox Incident
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Crux's Church
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Our Lady's Row
- Constantius Chlorus
- Anglian Carving
- The New Theatre
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Mithras and Arimanius