Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Shambles
- York Railway Station
- The George Fox Incident
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Sixties York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Rowntree Park
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Hoard
- The First Railway Station
- The York Helmet
- George Leeman
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway