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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Abbot's House
- The Medieval Abbey
- Silver Strap Ends
- The New Theatre
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Airfield
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Anglian Carving
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Crest of York St John College
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Gold Arm Ring
- St Crux's Church