Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
-
Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
-
Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
-
A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
-
Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
-
A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
-
Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
-
After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Holy Trinity Church
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Olave
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Bombed
- Alcuin of York
- The York Helmet
- York and the Holocaust
- The Mystery Plays
- Treasurer's House