Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- Bronze weights
- View from Station Rise
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Lendal Bridge
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Shambles
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Mansion House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Feeding Roman York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman House
- York Bombed