Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
-
Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
-
Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
-
Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
-
Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
-
City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
-
The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
-
Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Medieval Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- A Pipkin
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The First Minster
- The Norman Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Richard II and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Garrison
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of the God Mars
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The York Observatory