Tyburn uncommon to see mothers brushing their child's cheek with the hand of the condemned. The gallows at Tyburn were, furthermore, sources of cadavers for surgeons and anatomists. Tyburn Tyburn was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch and the southern end of Edgware Road in present-day London. It took its name from the Tyburn Brook, a tributary of the River Westbourne. The name Tyburn, from Teo Bourne meaning 'boundary stream', is quite widely occurring, and the Tyburn Brook should not be confused with the better known River Tyburn, which is the next
Scaffold (execution site) Scaffold (execution site) A scaffold (, ) is a raised, stage-like site for public executions. The execution was practised in public places. The "public spectacle" character of the execution was meant to deter the people from committing crimes, and demonstrate the authority of the Government, while simultaneously acting as a form of entertainment for the masses. For this purpose, the scaffold was often higher than a podium setup, and was therefore also called scaffold. Initially, beheading by an executioner was usually performed with a sword, axe, or hatchet, later executions were sometimes performed with a guillotine instead. In the Wolfgang