Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mary Ward
- Minster Library
- Gold Arm Ring
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A New University
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Victoria Bar
- Treasurer's House
- The Retreat
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mansion House
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Walmgate Bar