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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The White Rose of York
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Scarborough Bridge
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Rowntree Park
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Dick Turpin
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Railway Station
- The First Railway Station
- George Leeman
- The Railway Institute
- The Shambles
- The Railway King: George Hudson