Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
-
Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
-
Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
-
Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
-
Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
-
The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
-
Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
-
Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York Castle Museum
- Crest of York St John College
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Medieval Prisons
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- New Earswick
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The George Fox Incident