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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Fishergate Bar
- The Female Prison
- York Castle Museum
- The York Hoard
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Helen
- Military Belt Fitting
- The New Theatre
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Edward I and York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Inscription to Hecules