Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The York Observatory
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Micklegate Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York's Airfield
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and the Holocaust
- Margaret Clitherow
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fairfax House