The Halifax Gibbet was used as a place of execution for over 360 years with it's final use on the 30th April 1650 in the beheading of Abraham Wilkinson and Anthony Mitchell . The platform on which is stood was lost during the 1600's and only rediscovered in the 1830's when the area was cleared for redevelopment. There were 2 skeletons found close by which are thought to have been the bodies of the blades last 2 victims. The replica gibbet was built in 1974 and the original blade can still be seen at the local Bankfield Museum. More of my pictures and information can be seen at, www.colingreenphotography.blogspot.co.uk