On 24 and 25 October 2009 the executioner will be based at the York Castle Museum. The 'executioner' - William "Mutton" Curry - will be equipped with a 12ft high gallows and all the tools of his gruesome trade and will delight in explaining the varying forms of punishment he uses. He will also recount the nature of crime and punishment in the time of the Bloody Code in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries when criminals could be hanged for 220 or so offences that carried the death penalty.
All visitors to the museum had better be on their best behavior!
About Us
- Flamborough Rigg Cottage 5* Bed and Breakfast
- Stape, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8HR, United Kingdom
- We moved to Flamborough Rigg Cottage in July 2007 after a number of years in a beautiful part of Derbyshire and for us both returning to Yorkshire was coming home. As soon as we saw Flamborough Rigg we knew it was a place our girls (Labradors Phoebe and Meg) would be happy – wonderful walks and great dog friendly pubs. The dogs instincts turned out to be right!