Jacob's Post is a hamlet

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 to the east of Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill

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, in Lewes district

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, East Sussex

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, England

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. It is named after a traveling peddler named Jacob Harris (also called Jacob Hirsch) who, according to local lore, killed a person at the pub at this spot, the Royal Oak. He was prosecuted for his crime at Horsham

Horsham

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gaol and sentenced to be hanged at the place where he carried out his crime. Some time after the hanging a post was erected on the spot where he was put to death, and the area became known by the name Jacob's Post.