Mother did always say I'd go far. Guy Fawkes was born in April 1570 in York, England. His parents were Protestants but during his childhood Guy converted to Catholicism. When he was 21 he left ...

On 5 November every year, the effigy of Guy Fawkes is still burned on bonfires across England in recognition of his part in the failed 'Gunpowder Plot' of 1605. Fawkes didn't devise or lead the ...

It was 1580 in the shadow of York Minster when Guido Fawkes was born. That spot - opposite the street of St Michael Le Belfrey where Fawkes was baptised - is now the Guy Fawkes Inn. The historical ...

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