Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Statue of the God Mars
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and the Holocaust
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Roman Fortress
- York's Airfield
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Olive Oil Container
- The Medieval Abbey
- St William's Shrine
- The Greyfriars
- Roman Head Pot