Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Dick Turpin
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Castle
- York Garrison
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Viking Coins
- New Earswick
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Holocaust
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Central Library
- Transport Moves On
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Treasurer's House
- Ripon College for Women