Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- King Edward III and York
- A Pipkin
- The Railway Institute
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- New Shopping Centres
- The Shambles
- Church of St Helen
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Garrison
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of Napoleon
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- King Richard III and York
- Eric Bloodaxe