Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- King Edward I and York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Crux's Church
- Military Belt Fitting
- Second World War York
- The Mansion House
- New Shopping Centres
- The Norman Minster
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Norman House
- John Carr - Architect
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Hoard