York Death & Culture Walk

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to the Eye of York.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce discusses the practice of keeping bits of the Dead.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to the final location of the York Death & Culture Walk

In this short talk, Dr Julie Rugg (University of York) reflects on and considers funeral ephemera in the form of memorial cards.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce discusses the lucrative posthumous careers of celebrities.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to the North Eastern Railway (NER) War Memorial

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce considers the practice of the making and giving of funeral biscuits.

In this short talk, Dr Rachael Burns (University of York) considers the war dead of the Bore War. We suggest walking up to the Second Bore War Memorial, just across the road from the Minster, to listen to this talk.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to the penultimate location of the walk.

In this short talk, Dr Rachael Burns (University of York) considers the memorialisation of the dead focusing on the First and Second World Wars.

In this short talk, Daniel Robins (University of York) considers the way in which the dead can be figured as ‘toxic’ or a ‘pollutant’.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to Museum Gardens.

In this short talk, Louis Carter(York Archaeological Trust) explores the Roman inhabitants of York and discusses some of the Trust’s interesting Roman finds.

In this short talk, Dr Rosie Smith (York St John University) considers the spectacle of execution at the infamous traitors’ gate.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to the York Cholera Burial Ground.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to Micklegate Bar.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce considers the death of Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York, and the practice of Martyrdom.

In this short talk, Dr Jack Denham (York St John University) considers Dark Tourism. We suggest that you begin your journey up to Ouse bridge, stopping at the York Dungeon, to listen to this talk.

In this short talk, Carol Robinson (University of York) discusses the realities of dying from natural causes in prison.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces you to Ouse Bridge.

In this short talk, Dr Rachael Burns (University of York) considers the history of Clifford’s Tower and the Jewish Massacre which took place there.

In this short talk, Dr Gian Luca Amadei (DaCNet Visiting Researcher) considers the spaces of death and the social and cultural impacts that they impart.

In this short talk, Professor James Sharpe (University of York) considers the death and multiple disposals of the Highwayman Dick Turpin.

In this short talk, Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce introduces the York Death & Culture Walk.