Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
-
Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
-
Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
-
Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
-
The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
-
Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
-
An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
-
Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Monk Bar
- A New Walk
- Teaching the Poor
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Mansion House
- The Debtors' Prison
- A New Vision For York
- York's Airfield
- The Medieval Castle
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bootham Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake