: Made in 1974, Carry On Dick, of the celebrated Carry On series of films, followed the same premise of a country vicar ( Sid James ) who is secretly an outlaw, in this case the highwayman Dick Turpin.

* 1739 – Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin.

Beckett is here drawing on his viewing of the silent screen comedies of the like of Buster Keaton, Ben Turpin and Harry Langdon all of whom would have encountered objects on-screen apparently with minds of their own.

Hampstead is well known for its traditional pubs, such as the Holly Bush, gas-lit until recently ; the Spaniard's Inn, Spaniard's Road, where highwayman Dick Turpin took refuge ; The Old Bull and Bush in North End ; and The Old White Bear ( formerly Ye Olde White Bear ).

Turpin Hills is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.

Turpin Hills is located at ( 39. 103620 ,-84. 375073 ).

Although there is no evidence to suggest that Turpin was directly involved in the thefts, by summer 1734 he was a close associate of the gang, which may indicate that he had been known to them for some time.

In the London Gazette Turpin was described as " Richard Turpin, a butcher by trade, is a tall fresh coloured man, very much marked with the small pox, about 26 years of age, about five feet nine inches high, lived some time ago in Whitechapel and did lately lodge somewhere about Millbank, Westminster, wears a blue grey coat and a natural wig ".

The trio were responsible for a string of robberies between March and April 1737, which ended suddenly in an incident at Whitechapel, after King ( or Turpin, depending upon which report is read ) had stolen a horse near Waltham Forest.

Before sentencing him, the judge asked Turpin if he could offer any reason why he should not be sentenced to death ; Turpin said: " It is very hard upon me, my Lord, because I was not prepar'd for my Defence.

Richard Bayes ' account is the source of several of the modern myths surrounding Dick Turpin.

Bayes ' document contains elements of conjecture ; for instance, his claim that Turpin was married to a Miss Palmer ( and not Elizabeth Millington ) is almost certainly incorrect, and the date of Turpin's marriage, for which no documentary evidence has been found, appears to be based solely on Bayes ' claim that in 1739 Turpin had married 11 or 12 years earlier.

Turpin is best known for his exploits as a highwayman, but before his execution the only contemporary report of him as such was in June 1737, when a broadsheet entitled " News news: great and wonderful news from London in an uproar or a hue and cry after the Great Turpin, with his escape into Ireland " was published.

A similar ride was attributed to Turpin as early as 1808, and was being performed on stage by 1819, but the feat as imagined by Ainsworth ( about 200 miles in less than a day ) is impossible.

This practice is reflected in the ballads written about Turpin, the earliest of which, Dick Turpin, would appear to have been published in 1737.

Charles I made The George his headquarters during 1645 and later Dick Turpin is reputed to have been a frequent visitor when it was a busy coaching inn on the Great North Road.

The chivalrous bandit, such as Dick Turpin, is a recurring character, while the colourful English pirates Blackbeard and Calico Jack are renowned.

Next door once stood the ' Hind's Head ' coaching inn, where it is said Dick Turpin used to drink.

In 2004, Marita Turpin and Niek du Plooy of the Centre for Logistics and Decision Support partially attributed the accident to an expectancy bias introduced by the Aegis Combat System and faulted the design and " unhelpful user interface " as contributing to the errors of judgment.

Chaplin's speciality with the company was a burlesque of Dick Turpin and the music hall star " Dr. Bodie ".

Coronation Street's stalwart cast slotted back into the programme alongside the newcomers, examining new relationships between characters of different ages and backgrounds: Eddie Yeats became the Ogdens ' lodger, Gail Potter and Suzie Birchall moved in with Elsie, Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs ) arrived in 1976 as the tough factory boss, and Annie Walker reigned at the Rovers with her trio of staff Bet Lynch, Betty Turpin and Fred Gee.

He produced several features with his brightest stars, such as Ben Turpin and Mabel Normand.

The Conservatives denounced Chamberlain as an anarchist, with some even comparing him to Dick Turpin.

In later centuries Highgate was associated with the highwayman Dick Turpin.

Turpin put together a string of 16 wins in a row, all over the United Kingdom, until drawing with Mark Hart over six rounds in his last bout of 1947.

Rematched with Finch, this time with the British middleweight title on the line, Turpin avenged his first loss and won his first championship by knocking out Finch in five rounds on 17 October 1950 at Harringay Arena.

According to articles, reports and a biography, Turpin couldn't deal with the obscurity resulting from the loss of his crown.

* Two Hearts That Beat as Ten ( 1915 ) with Ben Turpin

( 1917 ) with Ben Turpin

Essanay's first film, An Awful Skate, or The Hobo on Rollers ( July 1907 ), with Ben Turpin ( then the studio janitor ), produced for only a couple hundred dollars, grossed several thousand dollars in release.

Essanay produced silent films with such stars ( and stars of the future ) as George Periolat, Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Thomas Meighan, Colleen Moore, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels, Tom Mix, Ann Little, Helen Dunbar, Harold Lloyd, Lester Cuneo, Eugene Pallette, Florence Oberle, Virginia Valli, Edward Arnold, and Rod La Rocque.

Chaplin's stock company at Essanay included Ben Turpin, who disliked working with the meticulous Chaplin and only appeared with him in a couple of films ; ingenue Edna Purviance, who became his off-screen sweetheart as well ; Leo White, almost always playing a fussy continental villain ; and all-purpose authority figures Bud Jamison and John Rand.

Felix in Hollywood, a short released during this year, plays upon Felix's popularity, as he becomes acquainted with such fellow celebrities as Douglas Fairbanks, Cecil B. DeMille, Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin, and even censor Will H. Hays.

Turpin most likely became involved with the Essex gang of deer thieves in the early 1730s.

Turpin, a young butcher who traded in the area, almost certainly became involved with their activities.

On 19 December Turpin and five other men raided the home of Ambrose Skinner, a 73-year-old farmer from Barking, leaving with an estimated £ 300.

For the robbery of a gentleman named Sheldon, one week later at Croydon, Turpin arrived masked and armed with pistols, with four other members of the gang.

Turpin beat Lawrence's bare buttocks with his pistols, badly bruising him, and other members of the gang beat him around the head with their pistols.

Turpin had stolen several horses while operating under the pseudonym of Palmer.

Sometime around June 1737 Turpin boarded at the Ferry Inn at Brough, under the alias of John Palmer ( or Parmen ).

About a month after " Palmer " had been moved to York Castle, Thomas Creasy, the owner of the three horses stolen by Turpin, managed to track them down and recover them, and it was for these thefts that he was eventually tried.

Smith travelled to York Castle and on 23 February identified Palmer as Turpin.

The indictments stated that the alleged offences had occurred at Welton on 1 March 1739, and described Turpin as " John Palmer alias Pawmer alias Richard Turpin ... late of the castle of York in the County of York labourer ".

* John Palmer, alias of highwayman Dick Turpin ( 1705 – 1739 )

Sometime around June 1737 Turpin boarded at the Ferry Inn at Brough, under the alias of John Palmer ( or Parmen ).