Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Observatory
- York and the Holocaust
- Bootham School
- 62 Low Petergate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Greyfriars
- Military Belt Fitting
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Red Tower
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate