Tyburn with prisoners processed from Newgate Prison in the City, via St Giles in the Fields and Oxford Street. After the late 18th century, when public executions were no longer carried out at Tyburn, they were carried out at Newgate Prison itself and at Horsemonger Lane Gaol in Southwark. The first recorded execution took place at a site next to the stream in 1196. William Fitz Osbert, populist leader who played a major role in an 1196 popular revolt in London, was cornered in the church of St Mary le Bow. He was dragged naked behind a horse to Tyburn, where
The Bells of Aberdovey (song) collected many Welsh folk-songs, he also rewrote many English songs into the Welsh language. There are several versions of this song in print in English and in Welsh. A widely used version was from "The National Song Book" of 1905. This gives the English words as written by the song collector and editor A.P.Graves. It also states that ""The more appropriate title would probably be "The Bells of Abertawe" (Swansea, South Wales)"". Other later references to Abertawe being its origin suggest this may be as there were church bells at Abertawe but not Aberdovey when the song was written. The