Curry's Point
Curry's Point
HER Number
7695
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Curry's Point
Place
Whitley Bay
Map Sheet
NZ37NE
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
Site Type: Specific
Gibbet
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
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.
Easting
435100
Northing
575200
Grid Reference
NZ435100575200
Sources
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