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Burnings, Beheadings ​& Bodysnatching - a walk into London's gore-stained past

SKU: CRIME
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"Very engaging and knowledgeable, Alison had a clear structure and communication, ensuring all of us on the tour understood everything. Cannot recommend enough!" - Mathilde, SW11
                                              
An entertaining and illuminating walk exploring the City of London's history of crime and often brutal punishment... We will take in both famous and lesser-known sites, covering 2000 years in 90 minutes, from the City's Roman amphitheatre where baying crowds watched gruesome executions, to the Old Bailey - where the UK's last public hanging drew 20,000 spectators. Along the way we'll discover​
  • the eye-watering revenge of a Plantagenet Queen on her faithless husband
  • how to preserve a traitor's head before displaying it on a spike
  • the pub where the well-heeled could pay £10 for a grandstand view of a man strangling to death - with breakfast thrown in
  • the price of a freshly-buried corpse in Georgian London
  • why the crowd at a hanging shouted 'Hat's Off!' (Clue: it wasn't out of respect...) 


This is a regular walk. Please mail for future dates
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Group numbers limited to 15 - meet up details below!
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Please meet Alison at:
1045am for an 1100 start, 

at The City of London Information Centre, opposite St Paul's, London EC4M 8BX

Walk ups welcome!
Nearest Tube station: St Paul's
(Central line Tube)


St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8BX



All images are copyright A Turner 2020 or approved for commercial use.  Please do not reproduce without permission. 
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  • OLD BERMONDSEY
  • TROUBLESOME WOMEN
  • CHRISTMAS WALK
  • TALES OF FLEET STREET
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