Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The First Minster
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Railway Institute
- The York Helmet
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Treasurer's House
- Church of St Olave
- Clifford's Tower
- The Norman Minster