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Tyburn

American  
[tahy-bern] / ˈtaɪ bərn /

noun

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


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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From BBC

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

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

From BBC

Bruton Street was one of the first roads to be developed on what had been farmland on the banks of the Tyburn River.

From BBC

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