Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
-
After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
-
1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
-
Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
-
Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
-
Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
-
Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
-
Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- George Leeman
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Jubbergate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Medieval Castle
- Second World War York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Treasurer's House
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Norman Minster
- Middleham Jewel
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Victoria Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- York and the Holocaust