HistoryPoints News
Dec 27, 2024
Gentrifying Gibbet Hill
Gibbet Hill in Swansea got its name from public executions conducted there in medieval times, but Georgian gentlemen found the name unsavoury as they built mansions for themselves on the hillside. The name was changed to North Hill, but the old name ...
clung on stubbornly. One of Swansea's police divisions was still known as the Gibbet Hill division as late as 1914. For more about the hill, including its 'washing lake', use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes at the top of North Hill Road or near the Mayhill Washing Lake, or click here.