TYBURN  , a small See also:

• LEFT

left-See also:

• BANK

bank tributary of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• THAMES

Thames, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, now having its course entirely within See also:

• LONDON

London and below ground . The name, which also occurs as Aye-See also:

• BOURNE (southern form of burn, Teutonic born, bran, burna)
• BOURNE, or BOURN
• BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747)

bourne, is of obscure derivation, though sometimes stated to signify Twy-See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn, i.e . (the junction of) two See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

burns or streams . The Tyburn See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose at See also:

• HAMPSTEAD

Hampstead and ran See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, See also:

• CROSSING

crossing See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

Regent's See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, striking the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• MODERN

modern ornamental See also:

• WATER

water there . Its course is marked by the windings of Marylebone See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, the See also:

• DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the common Teutonic root seen in " deep ")

dip in Piccadilly where that thoroughfare See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green Park and at times by a See also:

• LINE

line of mist across the park itself . It joined the Thames at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster (q.v.) . But the name is more famous in its application to the See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex gallows, also called Tyburn See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

Tree and Deadly Never Green, and also at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, the Elms, through confusion with the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of that name at Smithfield . The Tyburn gallows stood not far from the modern See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

Marble See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

Arch . See also:

• CONNAUGHT
• CONNAUGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT, DUKE OF (1850– )

Connaught Square is said by several authorities to have been the exact site, but it appears that so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as the gallows was a permanent structure it stood at the junction of the See also:

• PRESENT

present Edgware and Bayswater roads . The site, however, may have varied, for Tyburn was a place of execution as early as the end of the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In 1759, moreover, a movable gallows superseded the permanent erection . On some occasions its two uprights and See also:

• CROSS

cross-See also:

• BEAM
• BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)

beam are said to have actually spanned Edgware Road .

See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

Round the gibbet were erected open galleries, the seats in which were let at high prices . Among those executed here were See also:

• PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907)

Perkin See also:

• WARBECK, PERKIN (c. 1474-1499)

Warbeck (1449), the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Maid of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent and confederates (1535), See also:

• HAUGHTON, SAMUEL (1821-1897)
• HAUGHTON, WILLIAM (fl. 1598)

Haughton, last See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

Charter-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house (1535), See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FELTON, CORNELIUS CONWAY (1807-1862)
• FELTON, JOHN (c. 1595-1628)

Felton, murderer of See also:

• VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham (1628), See also:

• JACK

Jack See also:

• SHEPPARD, JOHN [JACK] (1702-1724)

Sheppard (1724), See also:

• EARL

Earl See also:

• FERRERS
• FERRERS, LAURENCE SHIRLEY, 4TH EARL (1720-1760)

Ferrers (176o) . In 1661 the skeletons of See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell, See also:

• IRETON, HENRY (161I–1651)

Ireton and other regicides were hung upon the gallows . The last execution took place in 1783, the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene being thereafter transferred to Newgate . The Tyburn See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

Ticket was a certificate given to a prosecutor of a felon on conviction, the first assignee of which was exempted by a See also:

• STATUTE

statute of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William III. from all See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish and See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward duties within the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . The hangman's halter was colloquially known in the 16th century as the Tyburn Tippet . See A . Marks, Tyburn Tree, its See also:

• HISTORY

History and See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals (London, 1908) .