Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- York Bombed
- Medieval Prisons
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Treasurer's House
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Walmgate Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Lendal Bridge
- The Norman Minster
- Viking Sword Pommel
- A Pipkin
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Our Lady's Row
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Teaching the Poor