Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
-
The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
-
Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
-
Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
-
A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
-
Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
-
New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
-
A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Cross
- Clifford's Tower
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bootham Bar
- The 1190 Massacre
- The New Theatre
- Feeding Roman York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The County Court House
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Minster Library
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels