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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- George Leeman
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The County Court House
- Barley Hall
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of St Helen
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Hospitium
- Inscription to Hecules
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Lendal Bridge
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York in the fifteenth Century