Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Cawood Sword
- Inscription to Hecules
- Ouse Bridge
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jubbergate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Central Library
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Mansion House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Abbot's House
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bootham School
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Vikings and Christianity