Dick Turpin's Grave
📍 YorkNorth Yorkshire
The reputed grave of the highwayman Dick Turpin, in a quiet York churchyard.
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The notorious highwayman Dick Turpin was hanged in York in 1739 and is said to lie in St George's churchyard off Fishergate. A gravestone marks the spot, though some doubt remains over whether he is really there. The story goes that body-snatchers stole his body, an angry crowd recovered it and he was reburied in quicklime.
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