Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Our Lady's Row
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Helen
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Greyfriars
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bootham School
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Statue of the God Mars
- Amber Bead Workshop
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'