After some acts of vandalism, in October 1759 it was decided to replace the permanent structure with new moving gallows until the last execution in Tyburn, probably carried out in November 1783. The executions were public spectacles which attracted crowds of thousands.
The crowd would cheer a "good dying", but would jeer any displays of weakness on the part of the condemned. On 19 April 1779, clergyman James Hackman was hanged there following his 7 April murder of courtesan and socialite Martha Ray, the mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.
After some acts of vandalism, in October 1759 it was decided to replace the permanent structure with new moving gallows until the last execution in Tyburn, probably carried out in November 1783. The executions were public spectacles which attracted crowds of thousands.
The Tyburn gallows were last used on 3 November 1783, when John Austin, a [was hanged; for the next eighty-five years hangings were staged outside
The stone was covered over in 1851 when Marble Arch was moved to the area, but it was shortly afterwards unearthed and propped up against the Arch.
It has not been seen since 1869. ==Tyburn gallows== Although executions took place elsewhere (notably on Tower Hill, generally related to treason), the Roman Road junction at Tyburn became associated with the place of criminal execution after most were moved here from Smithfield in the 1400s.
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