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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Olave
- Rowntree Park
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Statue of the God Mars
- York's Coat of Arms
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Central Library
- The Railway Institute
- Church of St Helen
- St William's Shrine
- Lendal Tower
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior