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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 …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… of the Crown, and to have free warren, a market, fair, gallows, and waif in his manors of M'ston, Lappeleye, … of Lappeley, in which he claimed a view of frankpledge and gallows, which he and his predecessors from time immemorial …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… he obtained a grant of various liberties, including gallows, judgement by iron and water and duel, undertaking to … p. 272. The abbot's rights, including market, fair and gallows at Dalton, had been investigated in 1292, when the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… he 'rather despised than conquered death,' going to the gallows 'with as much cheerfulness and joy as if he had been … and other towns, and the other ten were hanged on the Moor gallows on 20 August. Their names were Anne Whittle or … being taken off the hurdle he went three times round the gallows, carrying the cross before his breast and reciting …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 74; the next month some local volunteers were hanged at Gallows Hill, close to the present Moor Park: Richard …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 'thurset' and 'pillory' and the more exceptional right of gallows. The gallows of the prior and convent were undoubtedly on the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… town as it might be. The first acquisition of land was the Gallows Acre in Warrington in 1674; on this the school was …