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
River Tyburn Lane—Tyburn Road and Tyburn Lane respectively. Grays Antique Centre near the junction of Oxford Street and Davies Street claims that the body of water which can be seen in an open conduit in the basement of its premises (pictured) is part of the Tyburn; it is undoubtedly close to the culverted course of the stream. From this point the river loosely followed the course of Bruton Lane, Landsdowne Row, the top of Curzon Street, Half Moon Street and across (now under) the southeast path of Green Park to the front gates of Buckingham Palace from where one mouth allegedly used