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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The First Railway Station
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- A Pipkin
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Coins
- Viking Boot
- York and the Holocaust
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St William's Shrine
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The 1190 Massacre
- Guy Fawkes
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Cross