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7695


N Tyneside


Whitley Bay, Curry's Point


Whitley Bay


NZ37NE


Civil


Execution Site


Gibbet


Post Medieval


C18


Documentary Evidence


The body of Michael Curry, who was executed at Newcastle for murder, was hung in chains in 1739 at Curry's Point, opposite St. Mary's Island. Curry had murdered the landlord of the Three Horse Shoe's Inn at Hartley and so was hung within sight of his crime.


3510


7520


NZ35107520



F. Graham, 1973, Tynemouth, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay and Seaton Delaval, p 18; North Tyneside Council, 2005, St. Mary's Island Draft Conservation Area Character Statement

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