Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
-
Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
-
A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
-
Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
-
The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
-
A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
-
Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
-
Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Medieval Castle
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Middleham Jewel
- Olive Oil Container
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Guy Fawkes
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot