Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
-
The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
-
Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
-
A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
-
After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
-
Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
-
Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
-
York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Basilica
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Norman Castle
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Olave
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Second World War York
- Ripon College for Women
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Stonegate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Medieval Abbey