Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Silk Cap
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St William's Shrine
- Our Lady's Row
- The Guildhall
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Abbot's House
- Second World War York
- York Garrison
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Norman Window Frame
- Gold Arm Ring
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Constantius Chlorus