Tyburn
Americannoun
noun
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As listed by historian Keith Thomas, the following were the crimes of 65-year-old Margaret Harkett, who was hanged at Tyburn, England, in 1585:
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
The Rev. William Dodd was not above making the occasional fraudulent loan application, which is how he wound up in London’s Tyburn Prison in 1777 under sentence of death.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Across the constituency, which includes Kingstanding, Stockland Green, and Tyburn as well as Erdington itself, there are currently more Conservative than Labour councillors.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2022
Around 50 small rivers and tributaries of the Thames are known, according to Sumnall, many of which, including the Fleet, Westbourne, Effra and Tyburn, have now been routed underground.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2019
London, the historian Fernand Braudel tells us, held public executions eight times a year at Tyburn, just north of Hyde Park.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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