Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Horn of Ulf
- York Bombed
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Olave
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Gold Finger Ring
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Boot
- St Crux's Church
- Minster Library
- New Shopping Centres
- The Greyfriars
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Medieval Minster