Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
-
Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
-
Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
-
An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
-
The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
-
After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
-
Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
-
Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Lendal Bridge
- First World War York
- The Bar Convent
- The County Court House
- Lendal Tower
- Fire in the Minster
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Holy Trinity Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York's Coat of Arms
- St William's Shrine