He is also known for a fictional 200-mile (320 km) overnight ride from London to York on his horse Black Bess, a story that was made famous by the Victorian novelist William Harrison Ainsworth almost 100 years after Turpin's death.
El este, de asemenea, cunoscut pentru o cursă nocturnă fictivă de 200 de mile (320 km) de la Londra la York pe calul său, Black Bess, o poveste care a fost făcut celebră de romancierul victorian William Harrison Ainsworth la aproape 100 de ani după moartea lui Turpin.