Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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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 Medieval Abbey
- Middleham Jewel
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Airfield
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Clifford's Tower
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Micklegate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Fire in the Minster
- The White Rose of York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York Union Gas Works
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Archbishop Scrope Executed