The Skirrid Inn was once both a courthouse and a place if execution. The oldest pub in Wales has a gruesome history, in which more than 100 people hanged in the stairwell, condemned by the merciless Judge Jefferies. The pub's history can be traced back beyond the Norman conquest. It is said that in 1110 a court was convened to try two brothers, James Crowther for a violent robbery, John for stealing sheep. James was sentenced to nine months prison while his brother was hanged from a beam at the inn. Strange phenomena has been reported in the Inn on many occasions, specifically accounts of constriction to the throat and unexplained burn marks on the neck.