Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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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.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Dick Turpin
- Crest of York St John College
- William Etty, Artist
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Roman Fortress
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Cawood Sword
- New Shopping Centres
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Guy Fawkes
- Military Belt Fitting
- Victoria Bar