Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
-
Victorian
York didn’t become high...
-
Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
-
An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
-
York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
-
York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
-
A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
-
1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Shambles
- Stonegate
- The Black Death
- Fairfax House
- The York Hoard
- Fishergate Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- Holy Trinity Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Olive Oil Container
- Trams Pulled by Horses