Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- View from Station Rise
- The Abbot's House
- A New Vision For York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- First World War Memorial
- Judges Lodging
- Barley Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mithras and Arimanius
- George Leeman
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Our Lady's Row
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- De Grey Rooms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Roman Gods and Goddesses