h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm surprised about the lack of two things here,

the first is the lack of a mention about Richard the Third using the Trip to Jerusalem to gain access to Nottingham Castle via the caves underneath. He did this to gain access to Roger Mortimer his mothers lover who had murdered his father. Roger Mortimer was arrested and subsequently hanged at Tyburn.

The second is a mention of the The Ostrich Inn at Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire. The pub centuries ago used to be run by a couple called the Jarmans. Single travellers where often shown to a special room for there ultimately short stay. The bed of this room sat on a trapdoor. In the dead of night Jarman would pull the lever and the victim would fall into a pot of boiling water in the kitchen. The Jarmans where only caught when one of thir victims horses was found wandering and recognised. The auorities traced it back to the Ostrich discovered the victims body and the Jarmans where hung.

Re the smallest pub - The Thorn in Norwich also claims this honour. As for pubs with hanging connotation, the Skirrid Inn near Abergavenny still has a beam showing rope marks supposedly left by the victims of "Hanging" Judge Jeffries.