This
is, I believe, a very early picture of Greenhill Gardens taken
from a position close to where the Supermarine Memorial stands.
In
virtually every other view I have there is an increasing number
of flower beds. The hedgerows were perhaps constructed as
protection from the sea breezes.
After
the Monmouth Rebellion Judge Jeffreys ordered the construction
of Gallows at Greenhill for the execution of twelve men whose
heads. limbs and quarters were then displayed around the Town
and surrounding villages.
One Shilling and sixpence(seven and a half pence today) was
spent on a set of posts for displaying these gory trophies
in one part of Weymouth.