Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Castle Museum
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Norman Castle
- Teaching the Poor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- John Carr - Architect
- The Mansion House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- First World War Memorial
- George Leeman
- 62 Low Petergate