Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Royal Station Hotel
- Ripon College for Women
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Crest of York St John College
- The Guildhall
- Industrial Upheaval
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Retreat
- The Shambles
- A New University
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Victorian Prison Building