Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Abbot's House
- A Pipkin
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The York Hoard
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Castle Museum
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Aldwark Synagogue
- First World War York
- The York Observatory
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Daniel Defoe's York