Information for record number MWA1540:
Undated gallows

Summary The possible site of gallows, a structure used for hanging criminals, of unknown date. The site is suggested by the name 'gallows Green' which is marked on a map of 1874.
What Is It?  
Type: Gallows
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Billesley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 14 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 'Gallows Green' marked. 'Gallows Piece' to the N.
2 A piece of land close by the Old London Road S of Aston Cantlow and near where it joins the lordship of Billesley still retains the name of Gallows Green. Human bones have been discovered and a human skull was discovered and reburied. Within the last twenty years this piece of land has been quarried for stone for the repair of Roads.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Scrapbook
Author/originator: Lewing
Date: MidC19
Page Number: D259:68
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: T Wood's Estates Map
Author/originator:
Date: 1874
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: CR1312:1
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument GALLOWS * A structure used for execution by hanging. Usually two uprights and a cross-piece, from which the offender is suspended by the neck. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back

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