Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Richard II and York
- The Bar Convent
- Monk Bar
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Mystery Plays
- Military Belt Fitting
- De Grey Rooms
- A New University
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- John Carr - Architect
- The Multangular Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- William Etty, Artist
- Fire in the Minster
- York Castle Museum
- Daniel Defoe's York