Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
-
Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
-
Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
-
After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
-
Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
-
Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
-
A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
-
The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- York Bombed
- The Retreat
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Fire in the Minster
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Central Library
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars
- Feeding Roman York
- King Edward III and York