Gallows Gate Picnic Area
To commemorate the formation of Torquay as a borough in 1892.
This site is where the parishes of Marldon, St Marychurch, Cockington and Kingskerswell met. The name probably derives from the practice of erecting gallows at parish boundaries. This is said to be the place where the ancient hundred court of Haytor was held.
The popular legend is that of a man who stole a sheep, which he tried to carry away, hanging by a rope over his back. When climbing over the high gate, the sheep carcass fell on one side and the robber on the other, with the result that the stolen property hanged the thief.
This picnic area was opened by the worshipful, the mayor of Torbay, Cllr J.H. Nicholls on 22nd July 1994.
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