Abandoned sandstone quarry near Turkey Nab
A pair of cairns have been constructed on the nab itself, where once a gibbet stood, last used so I understand, in 1729, when Willam Parkinson was hung there in chains.
My notes say that Parkinson was tried at York assizes for the murder of a Scottish drover at Great Broughton. He was brought back north for the sentence to be carried out. All wi ...
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