Wrington's darker past
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The photograph on this page of Wrington's darker past by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Wrington's darker past
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 23 Aug 2018
Visitors to Wrington will notice this tree enclosed with white railings and a seat to enjoy the view from. However, this tree is marked thus to commemorate a dark secret from the past. Its predecessor stood here in the seventeenth century; in 1685 the Duke of Monmouth tried to raise a challenge to the crown, ending in the Battle of Sedgemoor, where he was defeated. In the subsequent prosecutions, one Judge Jeffreys exacted a stern punishment that became known as the Bloody Assizes. Three men from Wrington met the hangman here - at the junction of School Road and the appropriately named Roper's Lane.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.363978
Longitude
-2.756622