Oh those sinister cranes. York has a Tyburn too close to the race course with a stone that marks where the gallows once stood. It is still a curiously eerie place. Great post!
Oh those sinister cranes. York has a Tyburn too, close to the race course with a stone that marks where the gallows once stood. It is still a curiously eerie place. Great post!
Thanks for this post and your reflections, Yasmin! I got a visceral sense of the eerie feeling- especially with those cranes- standing at the site of Tyburn Tree. Lovely writing prompt too:)!
Is there a place called Tyburn Hill in London?
I don’t know the answer to this Lucy. Perhaps some London locals have this knowledge.
I think it's likely where the Tyburn tree was located. Not necessarily a hill, per se. A gruesome part of history.
Wow, this is incredible to know! I stayed on that street in 2003 and had no idea where I was.
Ah, you never know what’s beneath your feet in London!!
Oooh the nooses in the cranes just really caps the eerie so well. I got a shiver from it too.
Thanks Amanda. It was a strange moment for sure.
Oh those sinister cranes. York has a Tyburn too close to the race course with a stone that marks where the gallows once stood. It is still a curiously eerie place. Great post!
Thanks Valerie. There were so many executions like this. I was just reading about the last person hanged in Berwick-upon-Tweed, a woman, in 1823.
Oh those sinister cranes. York has a Tyburn too, close to the race course with a stone that marks where the gallows once stood. It is still a curiously eerie place. Great post!
Thanks for this post and your reflections, Yasmin! I got a visceral sense of the eerie feeling- especially with those cranes- standing at the site of Tyburn Tree. Lovely writing prompt too:)!
Thanks Jennifer. I definitely experienced a weird feeling while being there.