20th century hangings were carried out in the following prisons :
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Prison |
Total hanged |
Last execution |
Prison |
Total hanged |
Last execution |
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9 |
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Knutsford |
4 |
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105 (plus 7 PoW’s |
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|
1 |
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106 (plus 10 spies & 2 traitors) |
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8 |
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5 (female) |
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Lewes |
4 |
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71 |
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|
17 |
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68 |
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|
11 |
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54 |
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|
8 |
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53 |
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|
3 |
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36 |
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|
11 |
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7 |
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|
8 |
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Bodmin |
2 |
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8 |
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13 |
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3 |
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2 |
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Ruthin |
1 |
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19 |
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Shepton
Mallet |
4 (plus 18 |
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Caernarfon |
1 |
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8 |
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9 |
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2 |
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4 |
16/0707 |
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8 |
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Devizes |
1 |
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|
9 |
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|
2 |
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Usk |
4 |
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11 |
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|
10 |
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7 |
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|
4 |
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1 |
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16 |
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10 |
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4 |
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3 |
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Prison |
Total hanged |
Last execution |
Prison |
Total hanged |
Last execution |
|
1 |
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1 |
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Edinburgh
(Calton) |
3 |
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3 |
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Edinburgh
(Saughton) |
4 |
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Glasgow
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11 men & |
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Glasgow
(Barlinnie) |
10 |
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Northern
Ireland & Channel Islands |
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Prison |
Total hanged |
Last execution |
Prison |
Total hanged |
Last execution |
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1 |
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|
12 |
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|
3 |
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2 |
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As will be seen, some prisons had very few hangings in the 65 years of the
20th century in which executions were carried out, and from around 1920 the
number of prisons carrying out executions was greatly reduced.
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