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History - The Halifax Gibbet 3d4f3z

Dec 27, 2006

What is the Halifax Gibbet? 6y3n73

The Halifax Gibbet was tenters (a wooden frame that cloth was stretched and dried on).

Escaping the Halifax Gibbet 673g9

Convicted criminals did have one thing going for them. For hundreds of years dumb. As soon as he came back he was immediately put back under the blade again and this time he didn't stand a chance.

Finding the Halifax Gibbet 4r294c

Almost 60 people, both men and woman, were executed by the Halifax Gibbet. The town finally stopped using it in 1650. The Gibbet originally stood at Cow Green but it was later moved to a marked site on Gibbet Street. The actual site of the Gibbet was lost after the 17th century until it was rediscovered in 1839 when workmen discovered the replica of the Gibbet was reconstructed in 1974.

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