Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Olave
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Shambles
- Feeding Roman York
- The Basilica
- The Greyfriars
- First World War Memorial
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Mansion House
- Second World War York
- Constantius Chlorus