Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Medieval Prisons
- Stonegate
- The Greyfriars
- Judges Lodging
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Abbot's House
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Monk Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St William's Shrine
- The Bar Convent
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of Napoleon
- William Etty, Artist
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street