Monument record 0537201000 - WORLD'S END CROSSROADS

Summary

Local tradition that this is the site of a gallows of unknown date

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  • GALLOWS? (Undated)

Description

PRESS ARTICLE NOTES LOCAL TRADITION THAT SITE WAS THAT OF A GIBBET (B3).
1620 MAP OF WENDOVER SHOWS GIBBETTS HILL' (BUT NO GIBBET) FURTHER TO NW OF WORLD'S END, APPROX AT 850097 (B5).

Sources (2)

  • <3>SBC2033 Article in serial: 1937. BUCKS HERALD 12 NOV 1937 (COPY FILED).
  • <5>SBC16491 Map: 1620. WENDOVER ESTATE MAP 1620 (IN BAS MUNIMENT ROOM - PHOTO IN CAS FILE 02791). NOTE BY A R PIKE, APRIL 1984.

Location

Grid reference SP 85970 09220 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 8 2024 10:56PM

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