Dick Turpin

...prevalent in Yorkshire, a new report suggests. Anyone with a fascination for railway ghosts should head for Dorset, while fans of Dick Turpin - the ghost, that is, rather than the historical figure - should book a flight out of Heathrow...

In this article: Heathrow Airport, DVD, Yorkshire, Dorset, Cardiff, and UK

It also suggests you're most likely to glimpse a UFO in Yorkshire, while the country's most famous werewolf lives in Staffordshire. Dick Turpin, left, played by Richard O'Sullivan in the 1979 series, has been spotted at Heathrow Airport.

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...of railway ghosts and London hosts the only haunted airport, Heathrow, where a passenger claimed to have encountered the ghost of Dick Turpin. Welsh castles are said to be among the best places to spot a spectre. Caerphilly Castle is well...

In this article: Lionel Fanthorpe, UK, Wales, DVD, and Charles Fort

...Hattie Jacques. It was also the final script to be written by Talbot Rothwell. The story is based on the Dick Turpin legend and features Turpin (James) as an antihero, attempting to evade capture by the authorities. The film, set in the...

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...budgerigars, it ought to find it in its heart to bless men and women in love. Gustav Holst lived here, and a couple of doors away, so did Dick Turpin. Early on a blissful blue and bright morning, Thaxted is quiet and elegantly somnambulant.

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...offered a reward for his capture. One article, published on June 21, 1737, and offering a reward of GBP200, read: "Richard Turpin was born at Thacksted, in the county of Essex, is about 30-years-of-age, by trade a butcher, about 5ft...

In this article: North Yorkshire Police, York, York Castle Museum, and London Gazette

...site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Police release image of Dick Turpin An e-fit of infamous highwayman Dick Turpin has been issued by North Yorkshire Police - 270 years after he was sent to the...

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...an exhibition at York's Castle Museum. 'The results are not pretty,' said Dr Katherine Prior, a museum researcher. 'Richard Turpin is one of the most infamous highwaymen in the world, but interestingly very little information on what he...

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...Turpin... The results are not pretty Katherine Prior, York Castle Museum One article, published on 21 June 1737, read: "Richard Turpin was born at Thackstead, in the county of Essex, is about 30 years of age, by trade a butcher, about 5ft...

In this article: York Castle Museum, London Gazette, and North Yorkshire Police

...spent his last night in the castle's cells. Dr Katherine Prior, a researcher at the museum, said: "The results are not pretty. "Richard Turpin is one of the most infamous highwaymen in the world, but interestingly very little information...

In this article: North Yorkshire Police, York, York Castle Museum, Small Pox, William Harrison Ainsworth, and London