Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Medieval Minster
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Edward I and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- A Pipkin
- The Council of Arles
- Judges Lodging
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Shambles
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Gold Arm Ring
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Walmgate Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York