Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- New Shopping Centres
- The Medieval Minster
- Jubbergate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Assembly Rooms
- Viking Coins
- View from Station Rise
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Basilica
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Council of Arles
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre