105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn gallows, 1535 - 1681. The Tyburn Convent website explains but only lists a few. We have found other memorials to a few of them: John Houghton and the 17 other Carthusian Martyrs and Gregory Gunne - probably.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows
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Tyburn Convent - Cardinal Godfrey
"Tyburn Hill"? Pancake more like! Can anyone explain this description? Thi...
Tyburn Convent - green
105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn gallows near this site, 1...
Tyburn Convent - relief
There is a better picture at Flickr - we're not proud. Note the Tyburn tree ...
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Priory of St John-the-Baptist, Holywell
Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.
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