The York Dungeon
Live-actor horror attraction staging dark local history in a Gothic Revival former institute.
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This guide to The York Dungeon on Clifford Street in York follows Dick Turpin, the Essex butcher's son turned highwayman, through the appetites that ran through his life, from his father's inn to the cattle and deer that went missing around him. It opens on an October afternoon in 1738, after a shooting trip, with a few words said too loudly in the street. You'll also hear how a condemned man's cell at York Castle filled up with paying visitors and drink.
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