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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Margaret Clitherow
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Railway Institute
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King Richard III and York
- George Leeman
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The New Theatre
- Fire in the Minster
- York Castle Museum
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy