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To the Merchant Adventurer's Hall in York

What Lies Be Told?

Posted on November 1, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, The Brigante Tomb Trail

The Scottish poet Alexander Smith said that ‘There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury' and for those tombstone tourists in search of a Brigante Tomb - a ramble through Fossgate is a MUST.

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Grape Lane? Nullo Modo!

Posted on October 31, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, The Brigante Tomb Trail

If you are a true turophile - you may believe that you have died and gone to heaven with the discovery of this particular Brigante Tomb!

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A Restless Discovery.

Posted on October 28, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, The Brigante Tomb Trail

Every Brigante Tomb will lead the curious and suspicious to the telling of a macabre or murderous tale and they await discovery with impatience.

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A Coach Lamp in Precentor's Court York (June 2021)

Courting Mischief?

Posted on October 27, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, The Brigante Tomb Trail

Although the epitome of tranquility and history - this delightful little oasis is home to a ghostly little girl with a reputation for mischief!

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The Avivia Buildings York (August 2020)

Belie the Shadow?

Posted on October 26, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, The Brigante Tomb Trail

It is a truth universally acknowledged that one Brigante Tomb is restlessly awaiting discovery in the window of a deliciously harmonious emporium along Micklegate.

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Gather Thee Curious!

Posted on October 21, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, The Brigante Tomb Trail

The Lady Brigante is delighted to inform the curious, the unsuspecting and those folk partial to a mystery or thirteen that those Brigante Tombs are NOW restlessly awaiting discovery in the windows of York’s city centre emporiums.

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The Brigante Chronicles (Steve Evans Photography) (7)

Those Brigante Tombs Await…

Posted on October 20, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, My Lady Brigante!, The Brigante Tomb Trail

As All Hallows Eve beckons – Lady Brigante cordially invites the curious, the unsuspecting and those folk partial to a mystery or two on a self-guided adventure hunt through the snickelways and secret passages of the Ancient City of York.

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The Brigante Chronicles (Steve Evans Photography) (1)

The Brigante Tomb Trail

Posted on October 1, 2021March 26, 2022 by The Polite Tourist in Death in a Chocolate Box, My Lady Brigante!, The Brigante Tomb Trail

As All Hallows Eve beckons – Lady Brigante cordially invites the curious, the unsuspecting and those folk partial to a mystery or two on a self-guided adventure hunt through the snickelways and secret passages of the Ancient City of York.

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