Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Mystery Plays
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Debtors' Prison
- A New Walk
- Micklegate Bar
- York Castle Museum
- Viking Coins
- A New Vision For York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Water Lanes
- Central Methodist Chapel