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A History of the County of Shropshire
… court had the marks of a court leet in the 13th century, gallows and jurisdiction over the assize of bread and of ale, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Lock to the angle of the moat at Wallingford Castle. 11 Gallows Tree Acre is west of the high road in Clapcot Fields. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… A number of tenants in Witchford hundred owed suit to the gallows at Aldreth, and had to stay until the man to be …
A History of the County of Essex
… ale. 12 In 1285 the lord of Suttons claimed the right of gallows. 13 The lords of the associated manors of Hornchurch … council, until 1931; it was demolished in 1933. 98 The gallows of the liberty stood on Romford Common, near the place still known as Gallows Corner. 99 Occasional executions seem to have been …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… next year his body was taken up again, and hanged on the gallows at Tyburn, under which it was afterwards buried, and …
Old and New London
… prepared, at the charges of the City, a large scaffold and gallows of timber, for the execution of such traitors or …
Old and New London
… hoarding and tarpaulin, and under a huge pair of cat-gallows; and here its sonorous tone was tested before it was …
Old and New London
… of 1750Sprigs of Rue in CourtOld Bailey DinnersThe Gallows in the Old BaileyThe Cart and the New DropExecution … of Macclesfield, did all she could to bring Savage to the gallows; but the Countess of Hertford, Lord Tyrconnel, and … the public executions ordinarily took place at Tyburn. The gallows of the Old Bailey was built with three cross-beams …
A History of the County of York
… the citizens of York of his gift of the land on which the gallows had stood (being of his demesne) to St. James's …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… belonging apparently to alterations in the 17th century. A Gallows Meadow adjoined the hall. The manor mills were closed …