Plaque

River Tyburn - SW1

Inscription

River Tyburn
Shepherds Well Belsize Park Swiss Cottage Regents Park Marylebone Oxford Street Mayfair Green Park Westminster Pimlico Tachbrook Street River Thames

{On the small plaque to the left:}
Tyburn-Thames
Paul Mason, Slate, 2000

Commissioned by London Town plc 

Site: River Tyburn - SW1 (1 memorial)

SW1, Thames Path

The large archway through which the piped river still occasionally flows into the Thames is actually slightly to the north-east of this plaque between the house you can see to the left of our picture, Tyburn House, and the next building, Rio Cottage.  

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
River Tyburn - SW1

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River Tyburn

Covered over in 1750 but still running, underground from Hampstead to Westmin...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
River Tyburn - SW1

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Paul Mason

Sculptor working mainly in stone and marble. Born Lancashire.

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