Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- King Edward I and York
- Transport Moves On
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Edward II and York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The New Theatre
- St Crux's Church
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- William Etty, Artist
- The Retreat
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Minster Library