Tyburn
/ˈtaɪbən/, /ˈtaɪbɜːn/
/ˈtaɪbərn/
- a place in London, near the present Marble Arch, where people were hanged in public between about 1300 and 1783. After this the hangings took place outside Newgate Prison.
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