Martyrs, Murder & Mayhem - the dangerous city

Long linked to martyrs, revolutionaries, body snatchers, and butchers let’s discover the area around Smithfield’s famous market and find out how death and celebration sat side by side.

We will hear the fate of those caught in turbulent and dangerous times when a king chose to rid himself of his queen. How England’s oldest hospital came from the death of prince to sit beside a place of execution.

Beneath the golden scales of justice we will discover how the site of the famous criminal court, the Old Bailey, has changed and what it has witnessed throughout the centuries.

Start St. Pauls Station or Farringdon Tour time 1 1/2 - 2 hours

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