The Shropshire Way Main Route is a waymarked long distance footpath running through the English county of Shropshire . It runs 202 miles (325 km) around the interior of the county in two loops centred on Shrewsbury , with an additional spur to Whitchurch .
7-725: The Main Route South was launched in 2017. It is divided into Stages 1 to 9, 10a and 10b. The Main Route North was launched in September 2019; this has stages 11 to 15 (stage 12 includes the Whitchurch spur as an alternative ending). This is fully documented in the website of the Shropshire Way Association. The route when marked on a map of the county used to loosely resemble a ' hangman's noose ' with
14-476: The 2017 to 2019 re-waymarking. Hangman%27s noose The hangman's knot or hangman's noose (also known as a collar during the Elizabethan era ) is a knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person. This knot was typically used as a method of capital punishment. The pull on the knot at end of the gallows often resulted in a cervical fracture . Another method intended to result in
21-678: The main route via the River Onny at Little Stretton and the Long Mynd . The old path was distinctly waymarked with a buzzard symbol in black and white usually easily seen from field edges and across most country. The southern section of the Shropshire Way underwent a major refurbishment in 2007/2008. Extra sections have been added to make it circular in its own right and some original routes have been "tweaked" so they now go to more places of interest. This led to confusion, hence
28-511: The mass of the knot crushing closed (occluding) neck arteries, causing cessation of brain circulation, which was not always rapid. The knot is non-jamming but tends to resist attempts to loosen it. Surviving nooses in the United Kingdom show simple slipknots that were superseded in the late 19th century with a metal eye spliced into one end of the rope, the noose being formed by passing the other end through it. The classic hangman's knot
35-574: The rope dangling from the northern border of Shropshire at Grindley Brook . The route then runs south to Wem and then to Clive and Grinshill where the circular loop begins, taking you to Shrewsbury , then via Lyth Hill further south into the Shropshire Hills . In the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty an additional loop on the route runs to Stiperstones , Bishops Castle and Clun linking back to
42-410: The rope with tallow and run it through the knot a few times to ensure rapid closure with the drop. The number of coils should therefore be adjusted depending on the intended use, the type and thickness of rope, and environmental conditions such as wet or greasy rope. One coil makes it equivalent to the simple running knot . Woody Guthrie sings of the hangman using thirteen coils: Did you ever see
49-550: Was largely developed in the United States. Filmed hangings of war criminals in Europe after World War II , conducted under US jurisdiction, show such knots placed in various locations. Each additional coil adds friction to the knot, which makes the noose harder to pull closed or open. When Grover Cleveland was the sheriff of Erie County, he performed two hangings. Cleveland was advised by a more experienced Sheriff to grease
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