Tyburn gallows

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execution site gallows historical site

Tyburn gallows was the principal public execution site in London, historically notorious for hangings that drew large crowds and became part of the city’s criminal folklore.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tyburn 2
Tyburn Tree 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf execution site ⓘ
gallows ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Triple Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyburn Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith London criminal folklore ⓘ
crowd entertainment ⓘ
highwaymen executions ⓘ
political executions ⓘ
processions from Newgate Prison ⓘ
public spectacle ⓘ
religious martyrs ⓘ
capacity multiple simultaneous hangings ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalImpact frequent reference in ballads and broadsides ⓘ
motif in crime literature about London ⓘ
symbol of English capital punishment ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus commemorated by plaque near Marble Arch ⓘ
historicalPeriod Georgian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stuart England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tudor England NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
near Hyde Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marble Arch NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent last public execution at Tyburn in 1783 ⓘ
notableFor large execution crowds ⓘ
public hangings ⓘ
role in London criminal folklore ⓘ
operatedBy English authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheriffs of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf English criminal justice system ⓘ
London penal system ⓘ
replacedBy Newgate Prison execution site NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 12th century ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
streetAddress near present-day Marble Arch ⓘ
structureType triangular gallows ⓘ
wooden gallows ⓘ
typicalExecutionMethod short-drop hanging ⓘ
usedFor capital punishment ⓘ
hanging ⓘ
public executions ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jack Sheppard → executionSite → Tyburn gallows ⓘ
Jonathan Wild → executedAt → Tyburn gallows ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyburn
Tyburn Road → connectedTo → Tyburn gallows ⓘ
Tyburn Road → ledTo → Tyburn gallows ⓘ
Tyburn Road → associatedWith → Tyburn gallows ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyburn Tree
Silken Thomas → placeOfDeath → Tyburn gallows ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyburn