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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Royal Station Hotel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Transport Moves On
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Edward II and York
- Ouse Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze weights
- The Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Vikings and Christianity