Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Micklegate Bar
- De Grey Rooms
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Water Lanes
- The Hospitium
- Monk Bar
- The Basilica
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Statue of the God Mars
- Inscription to Hecules
- The First Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Constantius Chlorus
- Viking Coins