Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Fishergate Bar
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- First World War York
- The Norman Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Guildhall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Castle
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Female Prison