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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Anglian Cross
- Fishergate Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Rowntree Park
- New Earswick
- Fire in the Minster
- King Richard III and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Holocaust
- The Norman Minster
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- George Leeman
- The Norman House