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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Barker Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The White Rose of York
- Second World War York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Greyfriars
- The End of the Abbey
- Military Belt Fitting
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Clifford's Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Railway King: George Hudson