York Women Witches Warriors Ghost Walk

York: Women Witches Warriors Ghost Walk Part One (15+)
Be introduced to and inspired by the women of York who walked before you, as you follow this one-woman performance in their footsteps. This is fiction based on fact. A ghost story with a difference, for these spirits haven't come back from beyond the grave to haunt you but to help you.

Meeting Point

Bennett's Cafe and Bistro

30-32 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH, UK

Your guide will be waiting for you outside Bennett's Cafe and Bistro on the corner of High Petergate.

What's included:

• Professional actor-guide

What to expect:

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

York Minster

Minster Yard, Deangate, York, YO1 7HH

Beneath the statue of our late Queen Elizabeth II, learn how Celtic Queen Cartimandua came to be known as the people's peacekeeper but how she continued to wage war with her ex-husband long after their divorce.

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Minster Yard

Minster Yard, York, YO1 7JF

By the Roman Column learn what the Ivory Bangle Lady had up her sleeve in 350 CE.

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Barley Hall

2 Coffee Yard, Stonegate, York, YO1 8AR

With this picturesque medieval townhouse as your backdrop, learn why medieval woman, Lady Isabel German, chose a life of extreme solitude as an anchoress.

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Grape Lane

Grape Ln, York YO1, UK

Take a walk down what was once York's Red Light District and come face to face with Mary Jane Sutherland, a lady of the night. Hear her story and her plight. Meet one of the first-known feminists, Josephine Butler who fought for the rights of women and their bodies.

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Low Petergate

Low Petergate, York, YO12HY

Get to know the modern-day businesswomen of this city, Sarah Coggles, and Victoria Bage, and listen to the stories they have to tell.

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Kings Square

City Centre, York, YO1 8BH

Come face to face with a supposed witch, Jennet Preston, a wise woman, who was executed here in this very city!

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Shambles

11 Shambles, , York, YO1 7LZ

Meet the Pearl of York, York's very own Martyr, Margaret Clitherow at number 35, and find out why she chose to die in the name of her faith.

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Holy Trinity Church

70 Goodramgate, , York, YO1 7LF

Let Gentleman Jack, Anne Lister, tell you how she fell in love time and time again.

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The Chapter House

Minster Yard, Deangate, York, YO1 7HH

Find York's forgotten artist, Mary Ellen Best, and see where she sat to paint when the day turned to rain.

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