Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Walmgate Bar
- Viking Boot
- Sixties York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Rowntree Park
- Barley Hall
- William Etty, Artist
- The Greyfriars
- King Richard III and York
- Church of St Helen
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A New Walk
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning