Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
-
A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
-
Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
-
After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
-
York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
-
The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
-
Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
-
Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- King Edward II and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Railway Station
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- Vikings and Christianity
- Military Belt Fitting
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- A Pipkin
- Medieval Prisons
- Sixties York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Bombed