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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bone Trial Piece
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bootham Bar
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York's Airfield
- Clifford's Tower
- Fishergate Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Minster in Viking Times