Gallows Hill
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Gallows Hill is the name given to places which were formerly the site of gallows
. Such places include:
Gallows Hill can also refer to:
Gallows
A gallows is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging, or by means to torture before execution, as was used when being hanged, drawn and quartered...
. Such places include:
- Gallows Hill SSSI, WiltshireGallows Hill SSSI, WiltshireGallows Hill is a 27.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1965.-Source:* -External links:*...
, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire - Gallows Hill, Salem, MassachusettsSalem, MassachusettsSalem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...
, place where Bridget BishopBridget BishopBridget Bishop was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692....
was hanged in 1692 as part of the Salem witch trialsSalem witch trialsThe Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693...
. - Gallows Hill, LancasterLancaster, LancashireLancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying towns, including...
, England, place where Pendle witches were hanged. - Gallows Hill, Tappan, New YorkTappan, New YorkTappan is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Old Tappan, New Jersey; east of Nauraushaun and Pearl River; south of Blauvelt and west of Palisades and Sparkill...
, place where Major John Andre John AndréJohn AndréJohn André was a British army officer hanged as a spy during the American War of Independence. This was due to an incident in which he attempted to assist Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.-Early life:André was born on May 2, 1750 in London to...
was hanged.
Gallows Hill can also refer to:
- Gallows Hill (novel)Gallows Hill (novel)Gallows Hill is a supernatural thriller novel for young adults by Lois Duncan. It was her first and so far only young adult novel written after the death of her daughter. It was written eight years after her previous young adult novel, Don't Look Behind You...
, a novel - Gallows Hill (band), Missouri located hardcore progressive metal