Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The York Observatory
- Walmgate Bar
- The Mansion House
- De Grey Rooms
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bone Trial Piece
- First World War York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Sixties York
- Mary Ward
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)