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Tyburn. It clearly means
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Somewhat similar derivations of place-names are found in the numerous
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Twyfords throughout the country, and in the name of Tiverton: the meanings being, of course, respectively,
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Two Fords, and
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Two Ford Town. But we find such derivations as
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and the quaint passage written in 1617,
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Teyborne, so-called of bornes and springs and of tying men up there. Fuller, at any rate, if not prepared to suggest an origin, was not, on the other hand, content to accept the popular view. He adopted a mildly critical attitude when he wrote his _Worthies_, and said:
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Some will have it from Tie and Burne, because the poor Lollards for whom this instrument (of cruelty to them, though of justice to malefactors) was first set up, had their necks tied to the beame, and their lower parts burnt in the fire. Others will have it that it is called from Twa and Burne; that is, two rivulets, which it seems meet near to the place.
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Teoburne,