Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze weights
- Crest of York St John College
- The First Railway Station
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Railway Institute
- A New University
- Bootham School
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Jubbergate
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Is York Cursed?
- Vikings and Christianity
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York