Monument record WKM 006 - Potsford Wood; Potford Gibbet; Gallows Hill

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Summary

1991: Wooden stub of gibbet standing to `about 8 feet high' in Potsford Wood (S1) marked as `Gallows' on OS 1:10000 map (S2); as Potford Gibbet on OS 1st edition in 1837 (S3).

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Grid reference Centred TM 2873 5640 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM25NE
Civil Parish WICKHAM MARKET, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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1991: Wooden stub of gibbet standing to `about 8 feet high' in Potsford Wood (S1) marked as `Gallows' on OS 1:10000 map (S2); as Potford Gibbet on OS 1st edition in 1837 (S3). Gibbet said to have last been used in 1699 (S4).

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  • <S1> (No record type): Anon, oral communication.
  • <S2> (No record type): OS, map, 1:10000, TM 25 NE, 1982.
  • <S3> (No record type): OS, map, 1" to 1 mile, sheet 50 Eye, 1837.
  • <S4> (No record type): Goult W, A survey of Suffolk Parish History, E Suff I-Y, SCC, 1990.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

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Record last edited

Jul 6 2021 9:38AM

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