Site of Gallows off Mill Lane
Description of this historic site
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of gallows, known as 'gallows knob', where criminals were hanged from a wooden structure. The period of use is unknown. The site is at the west end of Mill Lane, Cubbington.
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Notes about this historic site
1 ‘Gallows Knob’. Here malefactors suffered the extreme penalty.
2 Gallows Knob, now known as Mount Pleasant, is at the entrance to Mill Lane on the right hand side. A bungalow is now built on the site.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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