Death and disease - medieval-style at Beeston Castle
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 August 2012Axes and scalpels are being sharpened ahead of a weekend of medieval medicine and punishment at Beeston Castle and Woodland Park on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August, when renowned executioner, Gilbert Savage, and the barber surgeon return to Cheshire for two days of terrible tales of torture and treatment!
Beeston Castle will once again be home to a set of gallows, along with a host of other tools of the trade of a medieval executioner, from thumb screws to the axe used to chop off heads! Throughout the weekend, Gilbert will regale visitors with stories