Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Bar Convent
- The County Court House
- Stonegate
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Railway Institute
- The White Rose of York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Statue of Napoleon
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Hoard
- The Hospitium
- Our Lady's Row
- The Council of Arles
- The Cawood Sword
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Trams Pulled by Horses