Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Monk Bar
- King Edward I and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Assembly Rooms
- Margaret Clitherow
- Water Lanes
- New Earswick
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Church of St Helen
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Crest of York St John College
- The Cawood Sword
- St William's Shrine
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The York Observatory