Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Rowntree Park
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Fairfax House
- The York Helmet
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall