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The English Martyrs and Tyburn’s Hidden Waters
A medallion located on a traffic island near Marble Arch in London commemorates the Tyburn Tree. According to Joanna Bogle, the site serves as a memorial to the English martyrs who were executed there.
Bogle notes that for English Catholics, Tyburn represents the site where martyrs were taken through the streets to face hanging. She compares the legacy of these martyrs to London's underground rivers, suggesting their memory continues to sustain English Catholicism.
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