Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Abbot's House
- New Shopping Centres
- King Richard II and York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Battle of the Standard
- Lendal Bridge
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The York Helmet
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Union Gas Works
- York Central Library
- York Castle Museum
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward III and York
- The Greyfriars
- Church of St Wilfrid