Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Roman Head Pot
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fire in the Minster
- King Richard II and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Viking Sword Pommel
- New Shopping Centres
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Gold Finger Ring
- Middleham Jewel
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and the Holocaust
- York St John in the 20th Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Medieval Prisons