Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
-
Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
-
The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
-
Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
-
Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
-
Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
-
King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
-
Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Church of St Helen
- Roman Head Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Prisons
- Crest of York St John College
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Rebuilt in Stone
- View from Station Rise
- Middleham Jewel
- Second World War York
- York Bombed
- King Richard III and York
- Fairfax House
- York Castle Museum
- The First Railway Station
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle