Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Barley Hall
- York Railway Station
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Silk Cap
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Fire in the Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Our Lady's Row
- St Leonard's Hospital
- A New Walk
- Constantius Chlorus
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The First Minster
- King Richard III and York