Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
-
1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
-
Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
-
Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
-
A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
-
The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
-
Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
-
Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Red Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- Barley Hall
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Abbot's House
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- Viking Boot
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Middleham Jewel
- Elizabeth Boardingham