Gibbet Hill
Other OS name in the Parish of Shawell
Historical Forms
- Loseby's Gibbet 1729 Bei
- Gallow Hill 1842 TA
Etymology
on Watling Street is called Loseby 's Gibbet 1729 Bei, v. gibet; a gibbet was an upright post with an arm for hangingthe bodies of already executed criminals, here on a principal route as avery evident example to others. Whether Gibbet Hill is to be identifiedwith Gallow Hill 1842TA is uncertain , since strictly , a gallows ( galga ) was the instrument for execution by hanging rather than a means to exhibit the executed , so that rather than being from galga , Gallow Hill may be an instance of the common ' bare hill ' , v. calu .