Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Amber Bead Workshop
- King Richard III and York
- Olive Oil Container
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The 1190 Massacre
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Viking Coins
- Gold Arm Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Anglian Cross
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Abbot's House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'