Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Crux's Church
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Sixties York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bronze weights
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Male Grooming
- Fishergate Bar
- The First Minster
- Church of St Helen
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The York Hoard
- William Etty, Artist