Information for record number MWA5339:
Site of Post Medieval Gibbet at Gibbet Hill

Summary The site of a gibbet, a structure from which the bodies of criminals were hung after they had been executed. The gibbet was in use during the Post Medieval period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence and is situated at gibbet Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Gibbet
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Churchover
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 52 80
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Gibbet Hill was called 'Loesby's Gibbet' in 1729 and is to be identfied with Pelgrimslowe of c1350.
2 Pilgrims Lowe was the site of the Gibbet of Loseby, a murderer. This was at the crossing of the road between Rugby and Lutterworth and Watling Street. The tumulus was demolished during the construction of the turnpike road from Daventry to Lutterworth.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: EPNS
Author/originator: Gover J E B et al
Date: 1936
Page Number: 104
Volume/Sheet: 13
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 6
Author/originator: Bloxam M H
Date: 1875
Page Number: 25-38
Volume/Sheet: 6
   
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source EPNS The Journal of the English Place-Name Society. The English Place-Name Society was founded in 1923 to carry out a survey of English place-names. Its journal contains reports as well as articles about place-names or specific place-name studies, book reviews and bibliographies. The journal is published annually. Individual volumes also exist for most counties; that for Warwickshire was published in 1936. back
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument GIBBET * An upright post with projecting arm from which the body of a criminal would be hung in chains after execution. 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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