Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Anglian Carving
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Crux's Church
- Victoria Bar
- The Norman Castle
- Yorkshire Museum
- A Pipkin
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Gold Finger Ring
- Feeding Roman York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The End of the Abbey
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Viking Boot
- De Grey Rooms
- St William's Shrine
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop