Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Norman House
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Barley Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Silver Strap Ends
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Monk Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Boot
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Yorkshire Museum
- A New Walk