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The Robber's Grave

St Nicholas churchyard, Montgomery

A bare patch where grass would not grow, to prove a man innocent.

In 1821 John Davies was hanged in Montgomery for highway robbery, protesting his innocence to the end. He is said to have declared that grass would not grow on his grave for a generation, as proof.

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When
1821
Where
52.5615, -3.1490
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

St Nicholas churchyard, Montgomery. The grave is marked.

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