Execution Dock
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Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death b
Hanging of a buccaneer at Execution Dock
Wax figure of a pirate hanged at Execution Dock. Madame Tussauds, London
Captain Kidd, gibbeted near Tilbury in Essex, following his execution in 1701.
Wapping
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Wapping is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames, and was at one time a district w
Execution Dock
…Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts. The…
Wapping High Street
Heinkel He 111 bomber over the Surrey docks and Wapping in the East End of London on 7 September 1940
Wapping, looking north. From left on the Thames are the police boat yard, the Marine Policing Unit (cyan roof) and Wapping Pier. Wapping Gardens are centre-left by the John Orwell Sports Centre. Trees lining Wapping Ornamental Canal lead from left towards the old Tobacco Dock and Wapping Woods. Shadwell Basin is at right.
Wapping Old Stairs