Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Anglian Carving
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Margaret Clitherow
- Constantius Chlorus
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The George Fox Incident
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Jubbergate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The First Minster
- Sixties York
- Viking Boot
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Pilgrimage of Grace