Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- The Norman Minster
- A New Vision For York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Multangular Tower
- King Edward II and York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bone Trial Piece
- De Grey Rooms
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of St Helen
- Guy Fawkes
- Yorkshire Museum
- Lendal Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Church of St Wilfrid