Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Victorian
York didn’t become high...
-
Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
-
Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
-
Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
-
Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
-
Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
-
Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
-
York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Medieval Castle
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Medieval Abbey
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- A New University
- De Grey Rooms
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Cawood Sword
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- First World War Memorial
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Transport Moves On