Partners
Special thanks to the dedicated people and organisations supporting the History of York.
Institute for Public Understanding of the Past www.york.ac.uk/ipup/
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 41 items on display at the History of York
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Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
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Much of the church as it stands today was built from the twelfth century through the medieval period. The chu... -
Medieval Prisons
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York’s medieval prisons, nicknamed ‘Kidcotes’, were an important part of the city’s g... -
York and the Holocaust
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The idea that York holds a significant place in the history of anti-Semitism is a relatively recent one. The... -
York's Medieval Synagogue
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Where now you can shop for trendy clothing was once the heart of Jewish life in medieval York… The co... -
Aldwark Synagogue
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On first impressions the Number Three Aldwark looks like an unremarkable building. In truth this site is actu... -
Jubbergate
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There is a small street in York which today connects Newgate Market and the Shambles with Parliament Street.&... -
St William's Shrine
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Archbishop William Fitzherbert was declared a saint in 1224. About a hundred years later a new Archbishop,... -
Fishergate Bar
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Fishergate Bar is one of six gateways in the city walls. It faces South towards Selby. Nearby used to be the... -
Mary Ward
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Yorkshire framed the extraordinary life of Mary Ward, who was born and died in the county. Her influence was... -
Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
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The Reformation had an impact on some of York’s schools, particularly the Minster School and St Leonar... -
Fourteen Centuries of Learning
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Centuries before the British government’s decision to “fill the country with good schools”,... -
Teaching the Poor
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The word ‘School’ did not always have the implications it does today. During the 18th and 19th ce... -
Jewbury Cemetery
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York’s history is so rich that even a trip to the supermarket can provide a link to the past… A... -
The Newgate Cross Shaft
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The Newgate Cross Shaft was found in 1963 in Newgate in the centre of York. Today only a part of what wa... -
The Red Tower
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The Red Tower, built in 1490, forms the only brick section of York’s famous city walls. Because it was... -
York's first historian: Francis Drake
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'History and antiquity were always from a child, my chiefest taste.' - preface to Eboracum. On the 26th No... -
The Yorkshire Museum Moa
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It is 1843; Professor Richard Owen is very pleased with himself. He has just received a box of bones that wil... -
Rowntree Park
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As lovely as the town centre of York is, every city needs places to escape to. York has a range of parks and... -
Treasurer's House
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The name ‘Treasurer’s House’ relates to the building that first stood on this site which wa... -
Elizabeth Boardingham
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20 March 1776: Elizabeth Boardingham was burnt at the stake at Tyburn in York. She was the last person... -
Bootham School
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Bootham School was first proposed in 1818 by the Quaker William Tuke. Initially the school occupied a h... -
Transport Moves On
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York at the beginning of the Twentieth Century was still very much a pedestrian city. Horse-drawn tram... -
De Grey Rooms
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A fine example of early Victorian architecture, the De Grey Rooms are built to a neo-classical design. ... -
The Retreat
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The Retreat at York led the world in the humane treatment of the mentally ill. It was founded by Willia... -
William Etty, Artist
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William Etty is York’s best known artist, his statue has pride of place outside York Art Gallery. ... -
Clifford's Tower
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Much of York's layout is the result of Roman and Viking construction but one iconic feature is distinctl... -
Skeldergate Bridge
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Skeldergate Bridge was the third of the modern road bridges to cross the River Ouse at York (the fi... -
Lendal Bridge
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Lendal Bridge was the second of the three modern road bridges built over the River Ouse at York (the fir... -
The Greyfriars
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The Order of the Franciscans, also known as the Greyfriars, first came to York in 1230. No Franciscan b... -
The Norman House
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In a city as ancient and rich in heritage as York, the remains of any building that claims to be the oldest o... -
Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
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Just a short stroll out of the city walls through Bootham Bar and along the road called Bootham will be rewar... -
Stonegate
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One of the most attractive and architecturally varied streets in York is Stonegate. The road has alwa... -
The Shambles
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When in York visiting the Shambles is a must. ‘The Shambles’ is sometimes used as a general... -
62 Low Petergate
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This house was originally built in the early years of the eighteenth century for John Shaw, who worked for th... -
Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
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Micklegate attracted the rich and powerful, one reason being that it was the Royal processional route into th... -
Cumberland House, King's Staith
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In 1710, William Cornwell, a tanner and a brewer, built Cumberland House as his home. He was to become... -
King's Manor - Victorian
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King’s Manor, though once the medieval Abbot’s house for the Abbot of St Mary’s and later t... -
St Leonard's Hospital
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The ruins of St. Leonards Hospital only hint at the significance of the Hospital in medieval York. Foun... -
King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
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The present-day King’s Manor backs on to the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, now in the Museum Gardens... -
The Abbot's House
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This red-brick building in the present-day King’s Manor is part of the precinct of St Mary&rs... -
The 1190 Massacre
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At the foot of Clifford’s Tower a plaque marks the darkest chapter in the history of York’s Jewis...