Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Viking Silk Cap
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- A Pipkin
- Victoria Bar
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Fairfax House
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Female Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Second World War York
- The Norman Castle
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Carving
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers