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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Rowntree Park
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Guildhall
- York Railway Station
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- New Shopping Centres
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The York Observatory
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Statue of Napoleon
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Sixties York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Pilgrimage of Grace