Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Red Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- A New Walk
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Viking Coins
- The Debtors' Prison
- The End of the Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Cinema Comes to York
- Norman Window Frame
- Minster Library
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Rebuilt in Stone