Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Horn of Ulf
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Roman Chimney Pot
- George Leeman
- The York Hoard
- New Earswick
- The Norman Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Military Belt Fitting
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Medieval Castle