Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Bombed
- The Basilica
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Margaret Clitherow
- Stonegate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Eric Bloodaxe
- De Grey Rooms
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Hospitium
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Norman House
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- Alcuin of York