Centuries of Documented History
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Blue plaque installed identifying the site as Guy Fawkes' birthplace, later disputed by City of York records
Construction of the cottage at the rear of 25 High Petergate during the Tudor period
Guy Fawkes born in York (actual birthplace disputed by historical records)
The Gunpowder Plot exposed; Guy Fawkes arrested beneath Parliament
Cholera outbreaks in York claim numerous lives, including children associated with this location
Guy Fawkes Inn
The Guy Fawkes Inn at 25 High Petergate in York trades on its association with England's most notorious plotter. Yet city records reveal the connection to be historically dubious, while the building itself holds genuine Tudor origins and darker stories of childhood mortality.
York, Yorkshire
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