Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- York Garrison
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Barley Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Shambles
- The York Hoard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Silver Strap Ends
- A New University
- Cinema Comes to York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Richard III and York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Victoria Bar