Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Church of St Helen
- De Grey Rooms
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Union Gas Works
- The White Rose of York
- Is York Cursed?
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Sixties York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The George Fox Incident
- William Etty, Artist
- Bootham School
- Bronze weights