SE0225 : "Bloody and inhuman murder"

near to Midgley, Calderdale, Great Britain

"Bloody and inhuman murder"
"Bloody and inhuman murder"
This stone at the side of the Sustrans Route 66 near Mytholmroyd commemorates a bloody episode in the Cragg Coiners story. It reminds us that in November 1769 the gang of counterfeiters shot Williiam Deighton, the investigating Excise officer, who was hot on their heels. The murderers were caught and executed. The carved inscription on the stone (beneath the depiction of a skeleton) is difficult to read but I think it says, "A true and full account of a barbarous, bloody and inhuman murder".
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SE0225, 18 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
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michael ely   (find more nearby)
Image classification
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Date Taken
Sunday, 28 September, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 29 September, 2008
Category
Carving   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 024 258 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:43.7318N 1:57.8879W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 024 258
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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