Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Coins
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze weights
- King Edward I and York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York's Airfield
- The Railway Institute
- Water Lanes
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Minster Library
- The Retreat
- The End of the Abbey
- Olive Oil Container
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning