Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Shambles
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Boot
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Stonegate
- A Pipkin
- Statue of the God Mars
- Royal Station Hotel
- New Shopping Centres
- Holy Trinity Church
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Abbey
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Railway King: George Hudson