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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
Find out more at: www.yorkcrimewalk.co.uk
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Epilogue by York Crime Walk
Here about the four fires which have plagued the York Minster and its Special Constabulary.
Join us at the site of Guy Fawke's baptism to discuss the Gun Powder Plot.
Hear more about criminal justices troublesome history with mental health and the founding of The Retreat.
Learn about how an outbreak of Cholera affected the city of York.
Find out about more about sex work in Victorian York.
Cross Ouse Bridge to hear about the life and death of Margeret Clitherow
Find out more about the York Magistrates Court and its place in British criminal justice.
Find out more about the historical cases of so-called 'witchcraft' in Yorkshire.
Find out more about the life of prisoners and the conditions of York's Debtor's Prison.
Learn more about the massacre of York's Jewish community in 1190.
Find out more about York Crown Court and the historical County Assizes.
Look around St George's Churchyard whilst we tell you the troublesome story of Richard Turpin.
Whilst at Walmgate Bar we discuss the gallows of St Leonards, the unsolved murder of Norma Dale, and some suitably themed pubs.
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.
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