Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Mansion House
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The First Railway Station
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Alcuin of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York Garrison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's Airfield
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Gold Finger Ring
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Vikings and Christianity