This image is an 18th-century etching titled "A Perspective View of York Castle with part of the Court of Justice and Grand Jury House". It depicts the architectural complex that served as the regional court and prison system in York
letter from prison that exposed him. Turpin was convicted of horse theft and hanged at the Kanvesmire in York. His infamous ride on Black Bess from London to York is fiction, invented long after his death. #DickTurpin
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