Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Statue of the God Mars
- Minster Library
- Vikings and Christianity
- First World War Memorial
- Stonegate
- Middleham Jewel
- King Richard III and York
- Lendal Tower
- Guy Fawkes
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The New Theatre
- The End of the Abbey
- Roman Head Pot
- Is York Cursed?
- Military Belt Fitting