Robber'S Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Robber'S Stone
- WRENN ID
- odd-pewter-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Robber'S Stone, Chitterne Down
- OS grid reference
- ST 996 451
- Coordinates
- 51.20538, -2.00621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Robber's Stone is an inscribed stone located in Chitterne, dating from around 1840. It is a limestone pillar approximately 2 metres high with a flat top, featuring a steel plate on the front. The inscription commemorates the death of Benjamin Colclough, a highway robber, who died during his attempted escape from a crime scene at Imber on October 21st, 1839, and was buried in Chitterne. The inscription also notes that his three accomplices, Thomas Saunders, George Waters, and Richard Harris, were captured and sentenced to fifteen years of transportation at the subsequent Quarter Sessions in Devizes. This stone is situated within the army ranges on Salisbury Plain.
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