Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
-
The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
-
Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
-
Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
-
Victorian
York didn’t become high...
-
Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
-
A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
-
Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- The 1190 Massacre
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Medieval Castle
- The Hospitium
- Mary Ward
- Alcuin of York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A New Vision For York
- Feeding Roman York