Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- William Etty, Artist
- The Greyfriars
- The Assembly Rooms
- Yorkshire Museum
- Ripon College for Women
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Mystery Plays
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Art Gallery
- York Garrison
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Mansion House
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Fishergate Bar
- Lendal Tower
- Micklegate Bar