8674°W / 53.72372; -1.8674 The Halifax Gibbet /ˈhælɪfæks ˈdʒɪbɪt/ was an early guillotine used in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Estimated...

the Halifax Gibbet was first used; the first recorded execution in Halifax dates from 1280, but that execution may have been by sword, axe, or gibbet. The...

Gibbeting is the use of a gallows-type structure from which the dead or dying bodies of criminals were hanged on public display to deter other existing...

erected on the original site in Gibbet Street. Its original blade is on display at Bankfield Museum. Punishment in Halifax was notoriously harsh, as remembered...

name Halifax Explosion, a 1917 explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used in Halifax, West...

in Europe, or disabling the foot or leg of a runaway slave. When the Halifax Gibbet was used as a method of execution, if the offender was to be executed...

Holiday. Fruit of the gibbet (used 18th through late 19th centuries) refers to a hanged man and derives from the Halifax Gibbet Law under which a prisoner...

the concept on the Halifax Gibbet: "the Maiden, which he himself had caused make after the patterne which he had seen in Halifax in Yorkshire". Although...

likely. Early versions of the guillotine included the Halifax Gibbet, which was used in Halifax, England, from 1286 until the 17th century, and the "Maiden"...

4th ed. 1968. Laws of Henry I, chap. 59; Laws of Aethelstane, § 6; Fleta, lib. 1, chap. 38, § 1; Britton p. 72; DuCange, Handhabenda. Halifax Gibbet...

included the grant of "sack and sock, toll and team, and infangthief". Halifax Gibbet Variously spelled infangenthef and outfangenthef, infangtheof and outfangtheof...

the portal to a tunnel. Other listed buildings include the remains of Halifax Gibbet, Piece Hall, a former cloth hall converted for other uses, warehouses...

Dunnie Duergar The Hedley Kow Jack-In-Irons Jingling Geordie's Hole Halifax Gibbet Kilburn White Horse John the Jibber[circular reference] Laidly Worm...

grant", means obtained by long use Among the curious customs of Halifax was the Gibbet Law, which was probably established by a prescriptive right to protect...

Christopher Cockerell (1910–1999). 1286: First recorded use of the Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine. Early 17th century: The closely cut "English"...

execution was the maiden, an early form of guillotine modelled on the Halifax gibbet. According to tradition, he brought it personally from England, having...

and executed in Halifax, Nova Scotia later that year. His body was covered in tar and hanged from chains in an iron cage called a gibbet at Black Rock Beach...

Catholic Parish church in Halifax, West Yorkshire. It was built from 1836 to 1839. It is situated on the corner of Gibbet Street and Clarence Street...

Production Code Original airdate 1 TBA TBA June 15, 2008 (2008-06-15) Halifax Gibbet, Chinese water torture, Iron Boot, Iron Maiden, Chinese Fire Arrow 2...

The Halifax Academy (formerly Halifax High) is a mixed all-through school located in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school is predominantly made...

Post Office, and ran along Horton Street to Halifax railway station, to King Cross Street, and along Gibbet Street, where a depot was built for the tramcars...

executed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His body was covered in tar and hanged from chains in a gibbet at Point Pleasant as a warning to others. His gibbet joined...

small farms during the early settlement of Halifax. A rock outcropping at Black Rock Beach was used to gibbet the bodies of executed criminal such as the...

Wooden Watch" 1312. "Jarvis the Coachman('s Happy Deliverance from the Gibbet)" 1313. "The Cruel Gamekeeper", "The Staffordshire Tragedy" 1314. "The Devil...

(probably the first in the Thirteen Colonies). Boston Common took over from the gibbet outside the gate of Boston Neck as the town execution grounds and was used...

watching, amazed to see the place bedecked with many gruesome things such as gibbet irons and knives that had been used to commit murders. The music intensifies...

called "Lord Sutton". In the end he was among 18 pirates hung "in chains", gibbeted: "YOU Dav. Simpson, William Magnes, R. Hardy, Tho. Sutton, Christopher...

Frampton + 3 detached portions, Freiston, Frithville + 4 detached portions, Gibbet Hill, Great Beats, Great Brand End Plot, Hall Hills, Hart's Grounds, Haven...

1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 8) Glasgow Roads Act 1753 (26 Geo. 2. c. 90) Rochdale, Halifax and Ealand Road Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 7) Lancaster and Yorkshire Roads...

Cattewate (1913–18). Re-opened in 1928 as RAF Mount Batten. RAF Caxton Gibbet England Cambridgeshire 1940 1944 RLG RAF Chailey England Sussex 1943 1945...