Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
-
Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
-
Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
-
1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
-
A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
-
Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
-
Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
-
Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Holocaust
- The Female Prison
- York Union Gas Works
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Black Death
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Ripon College for Women
- St Martin Le Grand Church