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Combe Gibbet

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Combe Gibbet is a gibbet at the top of Gallows Down, near the village and just within the civil parish of Combe in Berkshire (formerly Hampshire). [1]

20 relations: Berkshire, Civil parish, Combe, Berkshire, Downland, Gibbeting, Hampshire, Hang gliding, Inkpen, Long barrow, Newbury, Berkshire, Overton, Hampshire, Paragliding, Pilot Hill, River Kennet, River Test, South East England, Test Way, Village, Walbury Hill, Watership Down, Hampshire.

Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Combe, Berkshire

Combe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire.

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Downland

A downland is an area of open chalk hills.

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Gibbeting

A gibbet is any instrument of public execution (including guillotine, executioner's block, impalement stake, hanging gallows, or related scaffold), but gibbeting refers to the use of a gallows-type structure from which the dead or dying bodies of criminals were hung on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom.

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Hang gliding

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider.

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Inkpen

Inkpen is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire centred southeast of Hungerford, most of the land of which is cultivated fields with scattered woodland which was once part of a former forest known as Savernake.

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Long barrow

A long barrow is a rectangular or trapezoidal tumulus; that is, a prehistoric mound of earth and stones built over a grave or group of graves.

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Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a market town in Berkshire, England, which is the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire.

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Overton, Hampshire

Overton is a large village and parish in Hampshire, England located west of the town of Basingstoke, and east of Andover and Whitchurch.

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Paragliding

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.

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Pilot Hill

Pilot Hill is a hill in Hampshire, UK, which at 286 m (938 ft) is the highest in the county.

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River Kennet

The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames.

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River Test

The River Test is a river in Hampshire, England.

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South East England

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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Test Way

The Test Way is a long-distance footpath in England from Walbury Hill in West Berkshire to Eling in Hampshire.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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Walbury Hill

Walbury Hill is a hill in Berkshire, England.

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Watership Down, Hampshire

Watership Down is a hill, or down, at Ecchinswell in the civil parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green in the English county of Hampshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combe_Gibbet

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