Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Black Death
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Second World War York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Vikings and Christianity
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Guildhall
- A Pipkin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A New Walk
- Is York Cursed?
- The Abbot's House