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Gibbeting is the use of a gallows-type
structure from
which the dead or
dying bodies of
criminals were
hanged on
public display to
deter other existing...
- 53°43′25″N 1°52′03″W / 53.72372°N 1.8674°W / 53.72372; -1.8674 The
Halifax Gibbet /ˈhælɪfæks ˈdʒɪbɪt/ was an
early guillotine used in the town of Halifax...
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Caxton Gibbet is a
small knoll on the
Ermine Street Roman road (now the A1198) in England,
running between London and Huntingdon, near its
crossing with...
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Combe Gibbet is a
gibbet at the top of
Gallows Down, near the
village and just
within the
civil parish of
Combe in
Berkshire (formerly Hampshire), England...
- The
Gibbet of
Montfaucon (French:
Gibet de Montfaucon) was the main
gallows and
gibbet of the
Kings of
France until the time of
Louis XIII of France. It...
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Gibbet Mill may
refer to a
number of windmills:
Gibbet Mill, Rye, East Sus****
Gibbet Mill,
Great Saughall, a
windmill in
Great Saughall, Cheshire, UK Gibbet...
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Gibbet Hill may
refer to:
Gibbet Hill (County Wexford), a
summit and
marilyn in
Ireland Gibbet Hill (M****achusetts), a
summit in the
United States Gibbet...
- shepherd's crook,
adopted in
English as crosier.
Latin crux
referred to the
gibbet where criminals were executed, a
stake or pole, with or
without transom...
- for pirates, with
executions occurring at one tree in particular, the "
Gibbet Tree". However,
there is
scant evidence that this was
common practice. Little...
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Gibbet Hill is a
summit in the U.S.
state of M****achusetts. The
elevation is 469 feet (143 m).
According to tradition, the name
recalls an
incident when...
