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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Judges Lodging
- The Norman Castle
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- William Etty, Artist
- Statue of an Athlete
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- George Leeman
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New Walk
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Debtors' Prison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Roman Head Pot
- Inscription to Hecules