20th Century Hangings

20th century hangings were carried out in the following prisons :

England & Wales
PrisonTotal hangedLast executionPrisonTotal hangedLast execution
London – Newgate906/05/02Knutsford419/03/12
London – Pentonville105 (plus 7 PoW’s
6 spies & 2 traitors)
06/07/61Lancaster115/11/10
London – Wandsworth106 (plus 10 spies & 2 traitors)08/09/61Leicester817/11/53
London – Holloway5 (female)13/07/55Lewes411/08/14
Manchester – (Strangeways)7113/08/64Lincoln1727/01/61
Leeds – Armley6829/06/61Maidstone1108/04/30
Durham5417/12/58Newcastle826/11/19
Liverpool – Walton5313/08/64Northampton310/11/14
Birmingham –
Winson Green
3620/11/62Norwich1119/07/51
Bedford704/04/62Nottingham810/04/28
Bodmin220/07/09Oxford812/08/52
Bristol1317/12/63Reading304/02/13
Cambridge204/11/13Ruthin117/02/03
Cardiff1903/09/52Shepton Mallet4 (plus 18 US military executions)02/03/26
(Last civilian)
Caernarfon115/02/10Shrewsbury809/02/61
Chelmsford904/11/14St. Albans223/12/14
Derby416/0707Stafford810/03/14
Devizes117/11/03Swansea906/05/58
Dorchester224/06/41Usk423/03/22
Exeter1106/04/43Wakefield1029/12/15
Gloucester707/06/39Warwick415/12/08
Hereford115/12/03Winchester1617/12/63
Hull1019/12/34Worcester403/12/19
Ipswich327/11/24   
Scotland
PrisonTotal hangedLast executionPrisonTotal hangedLast execution
Aberdeen (Craiginches)115/08/1963Inverness105/03/1908
Edinburgh (Calton)330/10/1923Perth302/10/1913
Edinburgh (Saughton)423/06/1954Glasgow
(Duke Street)
11 men &
1 woman
03/08/1928
   Glasgow (Barlinnie)1022/12/1960
Northern Ireland & Channel Islands
PrisonTotal hangedLast executionPrisonTotal hangedLast execution
Armagh122/12/1904Belfast (Crumlin Road)1220/12/1961
Londonderry308/02/1923Jersey – St. Hellier209/10/1959

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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