Execution site

Smithfield

West Smithfield, London

Where William Wallace was executed and martyrs were burned.

Smithfield, just outside the city walls, was a place of public execution for centuries. The Scottish hero William Wallace was hanged, drawn and quartered here in 1305.

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When: 1305–1558
Where: 51.5190, -0.1010
Group: Gibbets & executions

Visiting

The memorials are on the wall of St Bartholomew's Hospital, by Smithfield Market.

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