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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Scarborough Bridge
- View from Station Rise
- Viking Silk Cap
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fire in the Minster
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Ripon College for Women
- Lendal Bridge
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York's Coat of Arms
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Railway Station