Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Holy Trinity Church
- Crest of York St John College
- The First Railway Station
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Vikings and Christianity
- King Edward I and York
- Bootham School
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Judges Lodging
- The County Court House
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- First World War York