Monument record 0176100000 - FIELD CALLED 'CORBET'S PIECE'
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- GALLOWS (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
SITE OF LAST GIBBET ERECTED IN BUCKS.1773 CORBET FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING RICHARD HOLT. GIBBET ERECTED 17 CHAINS FROM THE HOUSE OF THE MURDER, FIELD CALLED CORBET'S PIECE & LANE FACING W BOUNDARY OF FIELD CALLED GIB LANE. IRONS EVENTUALLY ROTTED AWAY & REMAINDER OF POST USED AS GATE POST (B1).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC16521 Article in serial: Rev J Wharton. 1860. 'THE LAST GIBBET IN BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 2 PP157-159. Vol 2.
- <2>SBC14360 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P97.
- <3>SBC10360 Map: OS 1925 1:2500 MAP;OS 1958 1:10560 MAP & MR MIKE G RIFFIN,1975.
Location
Grid reference | SP 84700 15800 (point) |
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Civil Parish | BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 20 2008 1:53PM