Murder
Tom Otter's gibbet
The tenth went out for bread.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Sun Inn and Lincoln Castle display
- Legend from
- Saxilby
- Tone
- Grim
Birds in a murderer's skull.
In 1805 Tom Otter married Mary Kirkham and killed her at Drinsey Nook that night. He was hanged in 1806 and his body was gibbeted nearby until a storm in 1850. Blue tits were said to nest in his skull, which gave a riddle: 'ten tongues all in one head'. Ghost-hunters now visit the Sun Inn in Saxilby, where the inquest was held.