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Combe Gibbet

Walbury Hill, near Inkpen, Berkshire

A lonely gibbet on a hilltop, built for two murderers.

In 1676 George Broomham and his lover, Dorothy Newman, murdered his wife and son, who had seen them together. They were hanged and their bodies hung in chains from a gibbet on this hilltop, on top of a Neolithic long barrow, as a warning.

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When
1676
Where
51.3600, -1.4700
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

A short walk from the car park on the ridge road between Inkpen and Combe.

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