Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Yorkshire Museum
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Middleham Jewel
- The Guildhall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Bridge
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Norman House
- De Grey Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Holy Trinity Church
- Transport Moves On
- The Cawood Sword
- Anglian Burial Vessel