https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/10/dick-turpin-highwayman/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 24 May 2016 19:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/10/dick-turpin-highwayman/#comment-554402 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:48:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=59790#comment-554402 I’ve read that he was born in Finchingfield in Essex.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/10/dick-turpin-highwayman/#comment-73155 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:13:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=59790#comment-73155 From some other reading it stated that the Fathers Buchers shop was in ‘Sewardstone’ (Sewardstone road) that goes north to Waltham abbey.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/10/dick-turpin-highwayman/#comment-68990 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:19:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=59790#comment-68990 “Waltham”
Presumably Waltham Abbey, or possibly Waltham Cross … ??

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/10/dick-turpin-highwayman/#comment-43632 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:41:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=59790#comment-43632 It is interesting to note how small Black Bess appears in Cruikshank’s drawings.
If Turpin was five feet nine high then Bess appears to be about 5 feet high
Gary

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/10/dick-turpin-highwayman/#comment-43610 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:48:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=59790#comment-43610 Interesting that the author of the book states he was born in Essex, I understood that legend connected him to the Spaniards Inn near Hampstead Heath where his father (may) have been landlord.

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