Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Our Lady's Row
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York's Airfield
- Dick Turpin
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Boot
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Observatory
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Bar Convent
- Rebuilt in Stone