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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Judges Lodging
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and the Holocaust
- The Mansion House
- Transport Moves On
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Micklegate Bar
- The York Helmet
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze weights
- Bootham School
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Holy Trinity Church