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Tyburn in a sentence
Tyburn meaning
- A manor, first mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086).
- The Tyburn tree, a gallows where public hangings were carried out until 1783.
- A former village in Middlesex, England (present-day Greater London), notable for its proximity to the Tyburn tree.
Using Tyburn
- The main meaning on this page is: A manor, first mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). | The Tyburn tree, a gallows where public hangings were carried out until 1783. | A former village in Middlesex, England (present-day Greater London), notable for its proximity to the Tyburn tree.
- In the example corpus, tyburn often appears in combinations such as: at tyburn, of tyburn, tyburn was.
Context around Tyburn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tyburn
- In this selection, "tyburn" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, see, close, road and angling stand out and add context to how "tyburn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include mutilated at tyburn was in and by the tyburn angling society. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tyburn" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tyburn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All three were tried for treason, convicted, and condemned to be drawn to Tyburn and hanged. (16 words)
The bodies were exhumed and three were hanged for a day at Tyburn and then beheaded. (16 words)
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, April 11, Wyatt, of Tyburn Close, Arnold, was jailed for 16 months. (19 words)
The exact position was not publicly disclosed, but as noted below a plaque marks the approximate location. citation However, many people began to question whether or not the body mutilated at Tyburn was in fact that of Cromwell. (38 words)
As concerns hangings at Tyburn, at the day of the execution, the voyage of the convicts started from Newgate prison; they were all loaded into a horse-drawn open cart and taken to Tyburn. (34 words)
The stories suggest that his bodily remains are buried in London, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire or Yorkshire. citation It continues to be questioned whether the body mutilated at Tyburn was in fact that of Oliver Cromwell. (34 words)
Example sentences (12)
As concerns hangings at Tyburn, at the day of the execution, the voyage of the convicts started from Newgate prison; they were all loaded into a horse-drawn open cart and taken to Tyburn.
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, April 11, Wyatt, of Tyburn Close, Arnold, was jailed for 16 months.
In a statement, a force spokesman said: "We were called to an industrial premises on Tyburn Road, Birmingham at 10.32am today (8 Feb) to reports a man was seriously injured.
The Secret Rivers exhibition reproduces another map by the Tyburn Angling Society, showing how the river might look were it allowed to flow through Mayfair once again.
All three were tried for treason, convicted, and condemned to be drawn to Tyburn and hanged.
Instead, others see Tyburn as a 'carnivalesque occasion in which the normative message intended by the authorities is reappropriated and inverted by an irriverent crowd', or even 'a low lived, blackguard merry-making'.
In the 1230s and 1240s the village of Tyburn was held by Gilbert de Sandford, the son of John de Sandford who had been the Chamberlain of Queen Eleanor.
The bodies were exhumed and three were hanged for a day at Tyburn and then beheaded.
The day of the execution For those people who could not get a pardon (approximately 40% of those sentenced to death), a very probable destiny was to be hanged at Tyburn.
The enterprising villagers of Tyburn erected large spectator stands so that as many as possible could see the hangings (for a fee).
The exact position was not publicly disclosed, but as noted below a plaque marks the approximate location. citation However, many people began to question whether or not the body mutilated at Tyburn was in fact that of Cromwell.
The stories suggest that his bodily remains are buried in London, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire or Yorkshire. citation It continues to be questioned whether the body mutilated at Tyburn was in fact that of Oliver Cromwell.
Common combinations with tyburn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- at tyburn 5×
- of tyburn 3×
- tyburn was 3×
- to tyburn 2×
- tyburn and 2×