Bloody Bank, Wareham
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Bloody Bank, Wareham
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 4 Apr 2019
Also shown in Image "After the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, Wareham was one of a number of towns in Dorset where Judge Jeffreys held the Bloody Assizes, with five rebels being hanged, drawn and quartered on the West Walls, an area known as 'Bloody Bank'" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wareham,_Dorset . https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1003574
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Image Location
Latitude
50.686195
Longitude
-2.116023