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
Bow Curve Bow Curve The Bow Curve is a branch railway line in Bow, east London, that connects the Great Eastern Main Line (out of ) and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (out of ). The line, in length, connects on the GEML with on the LTSR. It once formed part of the London and Blackwall Railway and had one intermediate station called , but today it sees no regular timetabled use. It may, however, be used for diversions during engineering work or emergency timetable changes. The line was opened by the London and Blackwell Extension Railway (LBER) on 2 April