Tyburn Tyburn gallows were last used on 3 November 1783, when John Austin, a highwayman, was hanged; for the next eighty-five years hangings were staged outside Newgate prison. Then, in 1868, due to public disorder during these public executions, it was decided to execute the convicts inside the prison. The site of the gallows is now marked by three young oak trees that were planted in 2014 on an island in the middle of Edgware Road at its junction with Bayswater Road. Between the trees is a roundel with the inscription "The site of Tyburn Tree". It is also commemorated by
Highwayman (song) in the format of The Highwaymen with four different singers singing. In this case it is Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth singing Willie Nelson's part, Russell Allen of Symphony X singing Kris Kristofferson's part, Stu Block of Iced Earth singing Waylon Jennings' part and Michael Poulsen of Volbeat singing Johnny Cash's part. Swedish gothic metal band Beseech covered the song on their 2016 album "My Darkness, Darkness". Highwayman (song) "Highwayman" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history: as a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker