Inscription details

Inscription ID:	1926
Brief Description:	Plaque recording 1839 attack and robbery by highwaymen, Wiltshire, UK
Type:	Plaque
Detail:	Iron plaque on stone recording the attack, robbery and subsequent transportation of highwaymen. More information available on the West Lavington parish website and Chitterne local history website: https://www.westlavington.org.uk/our-community/local-history/the-robbers-stone/ https://chitternenowandthen.uk/2017/09/05/the-robbers-stone/
Inscription:	AT THIS SPOT / Mr. DEAN, of Imber was / Attacked and Robbed by / Four Highwaymen, in the / evening of Octr. 21st. 1839. / After a spirited pursuit of / three hours one of the Felons / BENJAMIN COLCLOUGH / fell dead on Chitterne Down. / THOMAS SAUNDERS, / GEORGE WATERS, & / RICHARD HARRIS, were eventually Captured, / and were convicted at the / ensuing Quarter Sessions at / Devizes, and Transported for / the term of Fifteen Years. / This Monument is erected / by Public Subscription / as a warning to those who / presumptuously think to / escape the punishment God / has threatened against / Theives and Robbers. [sic]
Place:	A360 bet West Lavington & Gore Cross (East side). What three words location: nightfall anyway hurry
County:	Wiltshire
Country:	England
Date:	1839
Contributor:	Sally Whiffing
Photo(s):	RobbersStoneGB_040226.jpg
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