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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Cawood Sword
- Treasurer's House
- Our Lady's Row
- Water Lanes
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Retreat
- The Black Death
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Barley Hall
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Leeman
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Statue of Napoleon
- Ouse Bridge