Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- John Carr - Architect
- Guy Fawkes
- A New Walk
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Viking Boot
- York Castle Museum
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Abbot's House
- Anglian Carving
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Micklegate Bar
- The New Theatre
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Helen
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters