Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
-
The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
-
Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
-
Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
-
Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
-
Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
-
Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
-
A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- Victoria Bar
- View from Station Rise
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Rowntree Park
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Judges Lodging
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A Pipkin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Vikings and Christianity