The Tyburn at York

The Tyburn was a general name for the gallows where felons were hanged.

The original Tyburn stood near Tyburn Brook, a stream which flowed near what is now Marble Arch in London; the stream is now below ground.

At York, there were several such places:

• A set of gallows at York Castle [opened 1st March 1379, last used August 1801, and removed April 1812]
• A Tyburn without Micklegate Bar [recorded 1573]
• A gallows at St Leonard's, Green Dykes, without Walmgate Bar [recorded 1575]
• A new drop behind the Castle walls [first used 28th August 1802]
• A set of gallows at the York City Gaol, Bishophill [opened in 1807]

Several local felons – including the coiners and Luddites – were executed here. Some of these were

• Thomas Boys [1740-1767]
• John Brigg [17??-1790]

• Isaac Charlesworth [1803-1825]
• Joshua Clayton [1762-1820]

• George Bell for forging the will of Ralph Dalton
• Charles Dimmey [1665-1692]
• John Dobson [1791-1843]
• John Dove [1623-1646]

• Thomas Boys & Richard Boys for the robbery of Abraham Earnshaw

• William Field [17??-1783]

• Benjamin Gartside [17??-1817]
• John Greenwood [1788-1817]

• George Harger [1???-1762]
• David Hartley [1729-1770]
• William Hartley [1772-1813]
• Job Hey [1771-1813]
• John Hill [1777-1813]

• Robert Iredale [1738-1776]

• Joseph King [17??-1788]

• George Mellor [1791-1813]
• Benjamin Micklethwaite [1761-1817]

• Matthew Normington [1739-1775]

• James Oldfield [17??-1770]

• Michael Pickles [1776-1817]

• Rev Edmund Robinson [16??-1691]

• John Scott [17??-1774]
• Michael Shaw [1765-1821]
• Joseph Shepherd [1836-1858]
• Henry Smelt [1605-1630]
• Thomas Smith [1791-1813]
• Henry Sutcliffe [1784-1813]

• Robert Thomas [1739-1774]
• William Thorpe [1790-1813]
• Andrew Tucker [1651-1680]

• Mr Watson [17??-1793]
• Richard Watson [17??-1793]
• William Cowan & William Hall for the attempted murder of John Williamson

See Tyburn Tales

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