Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Helmet
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The 1190 Massacre
- Monk Bar
- The Norman Castle
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Middleham Jewel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Norman Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Norman Window Frame