York Crime Walk

Education Podcasts

Walking through the city, engaging with spaces and places associated with crime and justice is a way of seeing and feeling the history of crime, punishment and justice in the present. Walk with us through the city of York as we introduce you to buildings, landmarks, people and places that will connect you in sensory and corporeal ways to the city's history. Find out more at: www.yorkcrimewalk.co.uk

Location:

United States

Genres:

Education Podcasts

Description:

Walking through the city, engaging with spaces and places associated with crime and justice is a way of seeing and feeling the history of crime, punishment and justice in the present. Walk with us through the city of York as we introduce you to buildings, landmarks, people and places that will connect you in sensory and corporeal ways to the city's history. Find out more at: www.yorkcrimewalk.co.uk

Language:

English

Website:

http://www.yorkcrimewalk.co.uk

Episodes

Epilogue

5/18/2018

Epilogue by York Crime Walk

Duration:00:01:20

10. York Minster

5/18/2018

Here about the four fires which have plagued the York Minster and its Special Constabulary.

Duration:00:05:37

09. St Michael Le Belfrey

5/18/2018

Join us at the site of Guy Fawke's baptism to discuss the Gun Powder Plot.

Duration:00:02:54

08. St Leonard's Hospital

5/18/2018

Hear more about criminal justices troublesome history with mental health and the founding of The Retreat.

Duration:00:04:58

07. North Street (John Snow)

5/18/2018

Learn about how an outbreak of Cholera affected the city of York.

Duration:00:04:02

06. North Street (Sex Work)

5/18/2018

Find out about more about sex work in Victorian York.

Duration:00:03:30

05. Ouse Bridge

5/18/2018

Cross Ouse Bridge to hear about the life and death of Margeret Clitherow

Duration:00:04:35

04. York Magistrates Court

5/18/2018

Find out more about the York Magistrates Court and its place in British criminal justice.

Duration:00:01:43

03d. Yorkshire Witches

5/18/2018

Find out more about the historical cases of so-called 'witchcraft' in Yorkshire.

Duration:00:02:37

03c. Debtor's Prison

5/18/2018

Find out more about the life of prisoners and the conditions of York's Debtor's Prison.

Duration:00:03:53

03b. Cliffords Tower

5/18/2018

Learn more about the massacre of York's Jewish community in 1190.

Duration:00:03:36

03a. York Crown Court

5/18/2018

Find out more about York Crown Court and the historical County Assizes.

Duration:00:03:09

02. St George's Churchyard

5/18/2018

Look around St George's Churchyard whilst we tell you the troublesome story of Richard Turpin.

Duration:00:03:45

01. Walmgate Bar

5/18/2018

Whilst at Walmgate Bar we discuss the gallows of St Leonards, the unsolved murder of Norma Dale, and some suitably themed pubs.

Duration:00:04:28

Prologue

5/18/2018

Walking through the city, engaging with spaces and places associated with crime and justice is a way of seeing and feeling the history of crime, punishment and justice in the present. Join us on a walking tour of the city of York where we will introduce you to buildings, landmarks, people and places that will connect you in sensory and corporeal ways to the city's history.

Duration:00:01:20