Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Greyfriars
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Statue of Napoleon
- John Carr - Architect
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Bombed
- St William's Shrine
- Norman Window Frame
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Treasurer's House
- Bootham Bar