Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Inscription to Hecules
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Guildhall
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fairfax House
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of St Olave
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Lendal Tower
- Teaching the Poor
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Bombed
- Royal Station Hotel
- Minster Library
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- John Carr - Architect