Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Stonegate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- First World War Memorial
- The Railway Institute
- The 1190 Massacre
- All Saints Church, North Street
- A Pipkin
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Black Death
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Crest of York St John College
- Church of All Saints Pavement