Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King Edward III and York
- Fairfax House
- Dick Turpin
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Clifford's Tower
- The Norman Castle
- 62 Low Petergate
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Walmgate Bar
- Bootham School
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Female Prison