Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Female Prison
- York Union Gas Works
- Water Lanes
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bootham School
- The Retreat
- Medieval Prisons
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Basilica
- York Central Library
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The New Theatre