Arch fit for a Queen; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.(Features)

The Daily Mail (London, England) | June 1, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: Compiled by Charles Legge

QUESTIONWhat is the history of Marble Arch? Has it always been where it is? What does it commemorate?

MARBLE ARCH stands on the site of the infamous Tyburn gallows, where condemned criminals were executed, claiming the lives of up to 50,000 Londoners from the 14th century to 1873, when official executions were transferred to Newgate Prison. However, the arch didn't start its life there.

Designed in 1828 by John Nash, architect for a significant part of Georgian London, it was built as a gateway to Buckingham ...

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