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.  

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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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River Tyburn - SW1

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Paul Mason

Sculptor working mainly in stone and marble. Born Lancashire.

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