Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- St Crux's Church
- York Central Library
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bootham School
- The End of the Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mary Ward
- Statue of Napoleon
- William Etty, Artist
- Bootham Bar
- York's Airfield
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York in the fifteenth Century