Tyne and Wear HER(7695): Whitley Bay, Curry's Point - Details
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