Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Coins
- York's Airfield
- The First Railway Station
- The York Helmet
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Retreat
- The Norman Abbey
- Ripon College for Women
- Alcuin of York
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of St Helen
- The 1190 Massacre
- Guy Fawkes
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Military Belt Fitting