Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- York Castle Museum
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- King Edward I and York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Judges Lodging
- William Etty, Artist
- Constantius Chlorus
- Mary Ward
- Anglian Carving
- The York Helmet
- Bootham Bar
- York Bombed
- The Cawood Sword
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Minster Library