Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Observatory
- A New Vision For York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Male Grooming
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Cawood Sword
- Teaching the Poor
- Scarborough Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Norman Minster
- Victoria Bar
- St Crux's Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Jubbergate