Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- New Earswick
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Boot
- York Central Library
- Middleham Jewel
- Fairfax House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Garrison
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mystery Plays
- York Bombed
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster after the Reformation