Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- The Council of Arles
- Ripon College for Women
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Richard III and York
- King Edward III and York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of an Athlete
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mary Ward
- The Abbot's House
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The County Court House
- Roman Chimney Pot