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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A Pipkin
- De Grey Rooms
- The First Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St William's Shrine
- Micklegate Bar
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- A New Walk
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Walmgate Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Mystery Plays
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Transport Moves On