Location of the gallows ?

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  • 15th October 2021 at 10:58 pm #24331
    Julian
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    I was hoping someone could shed some light as to the location of the gallows that stood in Hexham, gallows bank I believe led to it but where it was I can’t find any info , thanks

    6th January 2022 at 4:11 pm #25047
    Mark Benjamin
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    The exact location is a bit of a mystery, I’m afraid. Although the the assumption is that it was somewhere up Gallows Bank, it does not appear on Wood’s map – the earliest of the town, and Wright’s 1823 History of Hexham makes no mention of it.

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