Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Middleham Jewel
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Water Lanes
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- A New Vision For York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward I and York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Mystery Plays
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- William Etty, Artist
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in the 20th Century