Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Vikings and Christianity
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Railway Institute
- New Shopping Centres
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Crest of York St John College
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King Richard III and York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Scarborough Bridge
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bones of a Roman Combatant