History of York

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A partner since: 23/05/2008

IPUP York is an institute at the University of York founded to promote academic partnership projects across museums, galleries, heritage and the media.  IPUP has enabled University students to work with History of York to create new items.

• Institute for Public Understanding of the Past has 20 items on display at the History of York

• Elizabeth Boardingham
  20 March 1776: Elizabeth Boardingham was burnt at the stake at Tyburn in York.  She was the last person...

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• Bootham School
  Bootham School was first proposed in 1818 by the Quaker William Tuke.  Initially the school occupied a h...

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• Transport Moves On
  York at the beginning of the Twentieth Century was still very much a pedestrian city.  Horse-drawn tram...

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• De Grey Rooms
  A fine example of early Victorian architecture, the De Grey Rooms are built to a neo-classical design. ...

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• The Retreat
  The Retreat at York led the world in the humane treatment of the mentally ill.  It was founded by Willia...

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• William Etty, Artist
  William Etty is York’s best known artist, his statue has pride of place outside York Art Gallery.  ...

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• Clifford's Tower
  Much of York's layout is the result of Roman and Viking construction but one iconic feature is distinctl...

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• Skeldergate Bridge
  Skeldergate Bridge was the third of the modern road bridges to cross the River Ouse at York (the fi...

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• Lendal Bridge
  Lendal Bridge was the second of the three modern road bridges built over the River Ouse at York (the fir...

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• The Greyfriars
  The Order of the Franciscans, also known as the Greyfriars, first came to York in 1230.  No Franciscan b...

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• Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
  Just a short stroll out of the city walls through Bootham Bar and along the road called Bootham will be rewar...

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• Stonegate
  One of the most attractive and architecturally varied streets in York is Stonegate.  The road has alwa...

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• The Shambles
  When in York visiting the Shambles is a must.  ‘The Shambles’ is sometimes used as a general...

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• 62 Low Petergate
  This house was originally built in the early years of the eighteenth century for John Shaw, who worked for th...

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• Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
  Micklegate attracted the rich and powerful, one reason being that it was the Royal processional route into th...

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• Cumberland House, King's Staith
  In 1710, William Cornwell, a tanner and a brewer, built Cumberland House as his home.  He was to become...

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• King's Manor - Victorian
  King’s Manor, though once the medieval Abbot’s house for the Abbot of St Mary’s and later t...

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• St Leonard's Hospital
  The ruins of St. Leonards Hospital only hint at the significance of the Hospital in medieval York.  Foun...

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• King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
  The present-day King’s Manor backs on to the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, now in the Museum Gardens...

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• The Abbot's House
  This red-brick building in the present-day King’s Manor is part of the precinct of St Mary&rs...

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