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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Black Death
- Jewbury Cemetery
- First World War Memorial
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Central Library
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Norman House
- Norman Window Frame
- The White Rose of York
- York's Medieval Synagogue