Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- A Pipkin
- Dick Turpin
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The New Theatre
- The Multangular Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Rowntree Park
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Norman Window Frame
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Garrison
- Fairfax House
- Anglian Cross