Who was Highway-man Dobbs

[rabbott]

Highway-man Dobbs, buried in Dobbs lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich. Whats the story?

[mikewith]

There's something on the grave here, but not much on Dobbs-as-highwayman, I'm afraid: http://www.grantham.karoo.net/paul/graves/dobbs.ht
m Elsewhere I read that Dobbs may have been a shepherd who hung himself. What do you know?

[rabbott]

My friends grew up in the area and as kids they were always told it was the grave of a local highway-man, who was left hanging at the road side as a warning to others. I believe Anglia t.v's "History Man"did a prog. on the subject.