Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Victorian
York didn’t become high...
-
A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
-
Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
-
York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
-
Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
-
The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
-
Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
-
City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The Greyfriars
- The First Minster
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Vikings and Christianity
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Statue of the God Mars
- Guy Fawkes
- The Roman Fortress
- George Leeman
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Water Lanes
- Sixties York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mary Ward
- A Pipkin
- Military Belt Fitting