Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St William's Shrine
- The Medieval Castle
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Margaret Clitherow
- Rowntree Park
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- A New University
- Guy Fawkes
- York Central Library
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The White Rose of York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop