On this day in the year 1739, a notorious felon by the batismal name of Richard Turpin from the County of Essex went to the gallows at York Tyburn attired in a smart new frock coat and shoes.
Category: The Seeker of the Dead
Between Two Worlds?
The Lady B cordially invites curious minds and those of a discerning spirit to cross the threshold and step inside a twilight world rife with mysterious happenstance and feats of an egregious kind.
Waking the Dead of York
With the coming of dusk it is possible to catch a glimpse of a celebrated miniaturist and storyteller wandering through the snickelways and secret passages of York in a quest to wake the dead.
My Lady Brigante!
Alas! The truth is altogether more unremarkable for although blessed with an illustrious and extensive lineage – Lady B was in truth raised in genteel affluence in the ancient City of York.