Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Treasurer's House
- Jubbergate
- Monk Bar
- York Garrison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- A Pipkin
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom