Tyburn

American  

[tahy-bern] / ˈtaɪ bərn /

noun

1. a former place of public execution in London, England.

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Tyburn British  

/ ˈtaɪbɜːn /

noun

1. (formerly) a place of execution in London, on the River Tyburn (a tributary of the Thames, now entirely below ground)

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Example Sentences

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 site in Tyburn was one of several targeted around the UK last April.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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

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