Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Guy Fawkes
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bootham Bar
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Garrison
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Art Gallery
- View from Station Rise
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Horn of Ulf