Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Norman Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Roman Fortress
- New Earswick
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Olive Oil Container
- Fishergate Bar
- Alcuin of York
- The Railway Institute
- Viking Coins
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Lendal Bridge