Bodmin Gaol

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Bodmin Gaol

Image: © Ron Strutt Taken: 12 Sep 2003

Now largely derelict, though part has been converted into a pub, this was the scene of scene of over 50 public hangings in its 150 years of use. Indeed, the first special train to run on the Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, which opened in 1834 and ran past the gaol's walls, was to carry spectators to one of these events.

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