Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
-
A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
-
Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
-
Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
-
The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
-
Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
-
The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
-
The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bootham School
- The New Theatre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Garrison
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Cawood Sword
- Statue of Napoleon
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Viking Silk Cap
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Greyfriars
- Stonegate
- Is York Cursed?
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'