Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Art Gallery
- Norman Window Frame
- De Grey Rooms
- View from Station Rise
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Basilica
- The Retreat
- The New Theatre
- St William's Shrine
- Our Lady's Row
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Black Death
- The George Fox Incident