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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Victoria Bar
- Anglian Carving
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A Pipkin
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Hoard
- A New Vision For York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Castle Museum
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Mystery Plays
- The Basilica
- A New University
- St Columba's United Reformed Church