Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Prisons
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Feeding Roman York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Cinema Comes to York
- Guy Fawkes
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Red Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A New University
- Fire in the Minster
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ripon College for Women
- Central Methodist Chapel
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior