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| Gibbet Hill, Sedbergh | ||
| Gibbet Hill | ||
| civil parish:- | Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | gallows (site?) | |
| coordinates:- | SD62439943 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD6299 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD69 | |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- LMS 1920s |
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| source data:- | Hill Outline near Low Gill, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the
Royal Scot, by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s. click to enlargeLS1E35.jpg "Gibbet Hill" item:- JandMN : 95.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| story:- |
William Smurthwaite was High Constabe for Lonsdale, and a juror at the Quarter Sessions
at Kendal. But he was also the leader, with his brother George, of a gang who indulged
in theft, burglary and clipping coins. They were arrested and tried at the Assizes
at Appleby in 1683, but acquitted. A year later they were tried again in the court
of Judge Jeffries and sentenced to hanging at Lancaster Castle. William Smurthwaite's
body was hung up in a metal cage at Gibbet Hill as a warning to others. |
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