Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Minster
- The Red Tower
- York Garrison
- De Grey Rooms
- York Castle Museum
- The White Rose of York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Battle of the Standard
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop