Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Edward II and York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Shambles
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bootham School
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Second World War York
- York Central Library
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Railway Institute