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Gibbet Rock "Explored"

Gibbet Rock or Peter's Stone, Cressbrook Dale, Derbyshire Peak District. Local myth holds that close by was the site for the last public gibbetting in Derbyshre in 1815 when the body of convicted murderer Anthony Lingard was gibbetted for 11 years following execution by hanging in Derby jail.

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Uploaded on May 9, 2022
Taken on May 9, 2022