Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- A New Walk
- The Basilica
- The Debtors' Prison
- New Earswick
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Micklegate Bar
- York's Coat of Arms
- Lendal Tower
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Statue of an Athlete
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Is York Cursed?
- Mary Ward
- Medieval Prisons