Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Central Library
- The Abbot's House
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- View from Station Rise
- York's Airfield
- Industrial Upheaval
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Judges Lodging