Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Micklegate Bar
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Monk Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Cawood Sword
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Bombed
- The Norman Minster
- King Edward II and York
- Constantius Chlorus
- The York Observatory
- The Medieval Abbey
- New Earswick
- The Victorian Prison Building