Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- King Edward I and York
- The Retreat
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and the Holocaust
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Garrison
- A New Walk
- Fairfax House
- Treasurer's House
- The Norman Abbey
- A Pipkin
- Margaret Clitherow