287. The Tolls and Gallows of Coggeshall

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19 күн бұрын

In The Tolls and Gallows of Coggeshall we look at a road that has had several names in it's past on of which points to gruesome goings on in Coggeshall's history.
OS Map Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
Thanks to Trevor Disley's Wonderful Books.
www.coggeshallhistory.com
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@Sam76889 15 күн бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks

@thewanderingponderer 14 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊 💓

@Primarniqueen 15 күн бұрын

As always very interesting .

@thewanderingponderer 14 күн бұрын

Thank you😊💓

@Rikki.64 17 күн бұрын

👍🏼

@andrewnorris2 17 күн бұрын

As I have often said it is good to look at a small location in detail, this is why this video was so satisfying!

@thewanderingponderer 17 күн бұрын

Thanks again, Andrew 😊💖💖

@stationmasterschoice-walku1307 17 күн бұрын

Another very interesting video, Dave. There is a lane not far from me that is still named Gallows Lane, where local hangings took place. The tale is told that the hangmen used to earn their fees by selling off pieces of rope, and the more notorious the person hanged, the more folk would pay. Hence the origin of the saying "money for old rope." Yours is an interesting tale as always.

@thewanderingponderer 17 күн бұрын

Thank You Bernie 😊💖💖

@JohnDavies-cn3ro 9 күн бұрын

When DrWilliam 'Saintly Billy' Palmer was swung at Stafford Jail (on the 'new portable gallows', no less) Smith o' Dudley, the hangman contracted with a porter at the railway station to spin him the rope. The porter duly made twice as much as ordered, delivered half and, cutting the rest into 6 inch lengths, flogged it round the local pubs as being genuinely part of the rope which hung Palmer

@thinking-as-I-wander 17 күн бұрын

Why would such a small town need two places of execution?????😮

@thewanderingponderer 17 күн бұрын

They had different ways of execution for different crimes Jeff 😊💖

@agesadventures 17 күн бұрын

You should walk down there at night and see if you spot anything out of the ordinary or feel something eerie😱 Must have been a lot of bad people there if you needed two places of execution. Seems you had a fan at the end😁😁

@thewanderingponderer 17 күн бұрын

Yes a fan drives by I have no idea who it was..🤣🤣💖💖