English and Welsh Executions 1837-1868

From 1837 onwards, all but five of the executions listed are for murder. The five are for attempted murder which emained a capital crime up to 1861. A total of 350 people were hanged in public over this 32 year period, comprising 318 men and 32 women. Ages where known should be considered as a guide as they are taken from court records and newspaper reports. Spellings of names are taken from newspaper accounts and hand written court records. If you are searching for a particular name try any likely spelling e.g. Simonds, Simmonds, Symonds etc.

Date hangedName of criminalAgeCountyPlaceCrime/victim’s details
1837 – 8 executions.
07/03/1837John PegsworthLondon & MiddlesexNewgateJohn Ready
23/03/1837William Lightband30WorcestershireWorcesterJoseph Hawkins
31/03/1837Thomas Bates23BuckinghamshireAylesburyCol. Hammer’s gamekeeper
15/04/1837Charles Bartlett21GloucestershireGloucesterMary Lewis, m-in-law
29/04/1837George Timms22NorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Hannah Mansfield
29/04/1837John Smith (Day)26NorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Hannah Mansfield
02/05/1837James Greenacre52London & MiddlesexNewgateMrs Brown
12/08/1837Thomas Williams29YorkshireYork CastleThomas Froggatt
1838 – 6 executions.
14/03/1838George FletcherHertfordshireHertfordWilliam Bennett
14/03/1838William RoachHertfordshireHertfordWilliam Bennett
21/04/1838William Hill27LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Murder woman
05/05/1838Ann Wycherly28StaffordshireStaffordAnn Wycherly (daughter)
24/08/1838William DeveyWarwickshireWarwickMr Davenport
06/09/1838George MaskeleyneWiltshireDevizesAtt. murder Brian Rumbold
1839 – 11 executions.
13/03/1839Thomas Taylor22HertfordshireHertford (last public)William Bennett (as above)
22/03/1839Abraham HilliardEssexChelmsfordMrs Playl
28/03/1839Samuel Seager28KentMaidstoneHannah Giles
20/04/1839William Davis22GloucestershireGloucesterJohn Butt
27/04/1839Charles DainesNorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Att. murder wife Hannah
04/07/1839George Willis21KentMaidstoneSgt. major
08/07/1839William Marchant18London & MiddlesexNewgateElizabeth Paynton
31/07/1839John Driver26NottinghamshireNottinghamAnn Hancock
16/08/1839Jacob Ehlert27DurhamDurhamCapt John Fdk. Berkholtz
04/09/1839Charles Wakely39SomersetIlchester (last)Elizabeth Payne
16/12/1839William LeesLondon & MiddlesexNewgateWife
1840 – 9 executions.
23/03/1840Charles Morley34OxfordshireOxfordFanny Phillips
11/04/1840George Thomas &29StaffordshireStaffordChristina Collins
11/04/1840James Owen39““Christina Collins
11/04/1840James Bradsley28YorkshireYork CastlePatricide
13/04/1840William & James Lightfoot36/23CornwallBodminNevill Norway
18/04/1840Edward Jones47FlintshireFlintJohn Wynne
06/07/1840Francois Courvoisier23London & MiddlesexNewgateLord William Russell
22/08/1840John Randalsome40NorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Wife
1841- 10 executions
16/03/1841James TaylorWiltshireSalisburyWife
03/04/1841Josiah Misters25ShropshireShrewsburyAtt. murder of William Makreth
03/04/1841Matthew Fowles22StaffordshireStaffordMartha Keeling
24/04/1841Bartholomew Murray18CheshireChesterJoseph & Mary Cooke
07/08/1841John Burlinson +24YorkshireYork CastleJoseph Cocker
07/08/1841Charles Gill & Henry Nutall19/22““Joseph Cocker
14/08/1841John Self20NorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Jemima Stimpson
15/11/1841Robert BlakesleyLondon & MiddlesexNewgateJames Burdon
20/12/1841Job John WardLondon & MiddlesexNewgateTimothy Easted, (infant)
1842 – 9 executions.
23/03/1842John Jones24NottinghamshireNottinghamMary Halkin
02/04/1842John Williams24ShropshireShrewsburyEmma Evans
02/04/1842Joseph Wilkes17StaffordshireStaffordMatthew Adams
09/04/1842Jonathan Taylor60YorkshireYork CastleWife – Ellen
09/04/1842Robert Nall23YorkshireYork CastleWife – Mary
23/05/1842Daniel GoodLondon & MiddlesexNewgateJane Jones (girlfriend)
04/07/1842Thomas CooperLondon & MiddlesexNewgatePoliceman
23/07/1842Richard Evans28GlamorganCardiffMatricide
03/09/1842Francis Bradley32LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Wife
1843 – 10 executions.
17/03/1843Thomas Johnson28LincolnshireLincoln CastleElizabeth Evison
31/03/1843John Hulme,24DerbyshireDerbyMiss Martha Goddard
31/03/1843Samuel Bonsell &26““as above
31/03/1843William Bland39““as above
24/04/1843Edward ReesMonmouthshireMonmouthMary Moxley
06/05/1843Wilmot Buckley22LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Wife
06/05/1843Betty Eccles38LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Stepson
05/08/1843Sarah Dazeley24BedfordshireBedfordHusband
26/08/1843Charles Higginson26StaffordshireStaffordSon (5)
02/09/1843James Jones58CheshireChesterWife – Elizabeth
1844 – 13 executions.
13/01/1844Sarah Westwood42StaffordshireStaffordHusband
20/01/1844Joseph Dobson25YorkshireYork CastlePatricide
20/01/1844John Roberts26LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Richard Kenyon, gamekeeper
06/04/1844John LawrenceSussexHorsham (last)Police Superintendent Solomon
27/05/1844William CrouchLondon & MiddlesexNewgateWife
02/08/1844Eliza Joyce31LincolnshireLincoln CastleStepson
07/08/1844William Saville29NottinghamshireNottinghamWife & 3 children
12/08/1844Matthew Weeks22CornwallBodminCharlotte Dymond
17/08/1844William Beards35StaffordshireStaffordElizabeth Griffiths
23/08/1844Mark Sherwood35NewcastleNewcastle Town Moor (last)Wife
04/09/1844Joel Fisher52SomersetTauntonWife
28/12/1844William Kendrew22YorkshireYork CastleMr Inchbold
28/12/1844Mary Galop20CheshireChesterPatricide
1845 – 16 executions.
04/01/1845George Evans20LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Mrs Miller
04/01/1845Thomas Stew21LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Ann Nolan
11/01/1845Mary Sheming51SuffolkIpswichSon
25/01/1845Paul Downing & Charles Powys19/17StaffordshireStaffordWilliam Cooper
25/01/1845William Howell28SuffolkIpswichJames M’Fadden
22/03/1845Thomas JenningsBerkshireReadingPoisoned his child
24/03/1845James TappingLondon & MiddlesexNewgateEmma Whiter
28/03/1845John Tawell61BuckinghamshireAylesburySarah Hart
05/04/1845John Brough39StaffordshireStaffordThomas (brother)
10/04/1845Thomas Thomas24WalesBreconDavid Lewis
18/04/1845James Crawley31WarwickshireWarwickWilliam Tibley
23/04/1845Sarah Freeman28SomersetTauntonBrother
28/04/1845Thomas Hooker22London & MiddlesexNewgateMr. DeLa Rue
02/06/1845Joseph ConnorLondon & MiddlesexNewgateMary Brothers
11/08/1845Benjamin EllisonCornwallBodminElizabeth Ruth Seaman
1846 – 8 executions.
05/01/1846Martha Browning23London & MiddlesexNewgateMrs Mundell
05/01/1846Samuel QuennelSurreyHorsemonger LaneDaniel Fitzgerald
18/03/1846Ralph Joicey24NorthumberlandMorpethPatricide
20/03/1846William SpicerBerkshireReadingWife
30/03/1846Thomas WixLondon & MiddlesexNewgateJames Bostock (employer)
01/04/1846William Hubbard23LeicestershireLeicesterWife
11/04/1846Samuel YarhamNorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Harriet Candler
08/08/1846John Rodda23YorkshireYork CastleDaughter – Mary
1847 – 6 executions.
17/03/1847James Walsh22NorthumberlandMorpeth (last public)Thomas Proud
17/03/1847George Matthews29NorthumberlandMorpeth (last public)Daniel Hives
01/04/1847John Platts22DerbyshireDerbyGeorge Collis
17/04/1847Catherine Foster18SuffolkBury St EdmundsHusband
21/08/1847John Thompson42CumberlandCarlisleWife
07/10/1847John Hutchings43KentMaidstoneWife
Mary Ann Milner hanged herself in her cell on the eve of her execution on the 30th of July at Lincoln Castle.
1848 – 12 executions.
08/01/1848Patrick Reid25YorkshireYork CastleCaroline Ellis
10/01/1848Thomas SaleLondon & MiddlesexNewgateMr. Bellchambers
21/02/1848Harriet Parker28London & MiddlesexNewgateStep-daughter
25/03/1848William Thompson27DurhamDurhamJohn Shirley
14/04/1848Matthew Davis42WarwickshireWarwickWife
22/04/1848William Bates30CheshireChesterWilliam Wyatt
13/05/1848Micheal StokesYorkshireYork CastleMary Ann Garrad
24/07/1848William Hewson45London & MiddlesexNewgateWilliam Woodhouse
02/08/1848William Atter24HampshireWinchesterJames O’Connor
14/08/1848Mary May38EssexChelmsfordWilliam Constable (half brother)
28/08/1848Matthias Kelly22MonmouthshireMonmouthAgnes Hill
16/09/1848William Adams32LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Wife
1849 – 17 executions.
06/01/1849James Kelly24LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Murder sweetheart
06/01/1849Thomas Malkin17YorkshireYork CastleEsther Hannan
26/03/1849Robert Pulley49WorcestershireWorcesterMary Straight (15)
27/03/1849John Smith23WiltshireSalisburyEleanor Lawrence
28/03/1849George Millen17KentMaidstoneMr Law (82)
31/03/1849George Howe32YorkshireYork CastleDaughter
09/04/1849James Landrick33DevonshireExeterMrs Grace Holman
11/04/1849James Griffiths18WalesBreconThomas Edwards
20/04/1849Sarah Thomas18BristolBristol City (last)Miss Jefferies
21/04/1849James Bloomfield Rush49NorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Isaac Jermy
27/07/1849John Ward26LincolnshireLincoln CastleMatricide
09/08/1849Mary Ball31CoventryCoventry City (last)Husband
21/08/1849Mary Ann Geering49SussexLewesHusband
23/08/1849Rebecca SmithWiltshireDevizesInfant son
15/09/1849John WilsonLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Mrs Hinrickson
13/11/1849Frederick & Maria Manning28SurreyHorsemonger LanePatrick O’Connor
1850 – 6 executions.
13/04/1850Mary Reeder & Elias Lucas20/25CambridgeshireCambridgeSister/wife -Susan Lucas
17/08/1850William Ross20YorkshireYork CastleWife
23/08/1850Maurice Murphy &MonmouthshireMonmouthJane Lewis
23/08/1850Patrick SullivanMonmouthshireMonmouthJane Lewis
24/08/1850Patrick Forbes40NorthumberlandNewcastleWife
1851- 10 executions.
25/03/1851Sarah Chesham42EssexChelmsfordAtt. murder of husband
25/03/1851Thomas Drory23EssexChelmsfordJael Denny (girlfreind)
15/04/1851Levi Harwood & James BurbageSurreyHorsemonger LaneRev. Mr Hollest
22/04/1851George Carnt23SuffolkBury St Edmunds (last public)Elizabeth Bainbridge
23/04/1851John Wiles & John Smith56/22SomersetTauntonWilliam Wilkins
26/04/1851Patrick LyonsLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Peggy Fahay
16/08/1851Henry Groom42NorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)John Ayton
19/08/1851Mary Cage40SuffolkIpswichHusband
1852 – 6 executions.
16/03/1852Elizabeth Pinchard51NorthamptonshireNorthampton (last)Mother in law
22/03/1852Guglielmo HaldbergoOxfordshireOxfordUncle, John Haldbergo
26/03/1852Anthony Turner49DerbyshireDerbyMrs. Phoebe Barnes
10/04/1852Sarah French27SussexLewesHusband
13/04/1852John Keen20SurreyHorsemonger LaneCharles Brown
16/04/1852Abel Ovans22MonmouthshireMonmouthBastard child
1853 – 11 executions.
08/01/1853Alfred WaddingtonYorkshireYork CastleBastard child
10/01/1853Henry HorlerLondon & MiddlesexNewgateWife
15/01/1853James BarbourYorkshireYork CastleAlexander Robinson
30/03/1853Charles SaundersEssexChelmsfordThomas Stoller
01/04.1853George Sparkes26DevonshireExeterWilliam Blackmore
09/04/1853Henry Dobson27YorkshireYork CastleCatherine Sheridan (19)
09/04/1853Charles Moore36StaffordshireStaffordMr & Mrs Blackbourn
10/08/1853John RobertsWalesCaernarfon (last)Jesse Roberts
17/08/1853William Flack18SuffolkIpswichMaria Steggles
27/08/1853Richard Pedder50LancashireLancaster CastleWife
21/11/1853Nathaniel MobbsLondon & MiddlesexNewgateWife
1854 – 5 executions.
24/03/1853Moses HattoBuckinghamshireAylesburyMiss Mary Ann Spurgeon
03/04/1854James Holman31CornwallBodminWife
07/04/1854John Lloyd27ShropshireShrewsburyJohn Griffins
08/04/1854William Thompson21NorfolkNorwich Castle (County Gaol)Lorenzi Beha
04/08/1854Tulmage Harvey31DevonshireExeterMary Richards
1855 – 5 executions.
22/01/1855Emmanuel Barthelemy32London & MiddlesexNewgateCharles Collard & George Moore
13/03/1855Thomas Munroe18CumberlandCarlisleIsaac Turner
27/03/1855William WrightWiltshireSalisbury (last)Ann Collins
30/04/1855Luigi BunarelliLondon & MiddlesexNewgateJoseph Lambert
04/08/1855Joseph MeadowsWorcestershireWorcesterMary Ann Mason
1856 – 17 executions.
05/01/1856Jonathan HeywoodLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Margaret Jones
08/01/1856Abraham BakerHampshireWinchesterNaomi Kingswell
19/03/1856John Fowkes45LeicestershireLeicesterNephew
22/03/1856Thomas JonesHampshireWinchesterDr Hope
31/03/1856William BousfieldLondon & MiddlesexNewgateWife
14/06/1856William Palmer32StaffordshireStaffordJ P Cook
25/07/1856William Brown33LeicestershireLeicester (last)Edward Woodcock
05/08/1856John Murdoch20SussexLewesMurder gaoler
09/08/1856William Dove28YorkshireYork CastleWife – Harriet
09/08/1856Elizabeth Brown45DorsetDorchesterHusband
11/08/1856William Nevin44CornwallBodminSgt Major Robinson
15/12/1856Joseph JenkinsLondon & MiddlesexNewgateRichard Cope
20/12/1856William Jackson35CheshireChesterMurder his 2 children
23/12/1856Guissepe Lagava,HampshireWinchester2 officers on the
23/12/1856Giovanni Barbalano &HampshireWinchestership “Globe” in the
23/12/1856Matteo PettriciHampshireWinchesterBlack Sea
27/12/1856John Hannah27YorkshireYork CastleJane Banham
1857 – 14 executions.
01/01/1857Dedea Redanies25KentMaidstoneCaroline Beck (18)
21/04/1857Thomas Nation22SomersetTauntonJohn Alpin
04/06/1857George Bave27KentMaidstoneSamuel Long
06/07/1857Thomas Mansell29KentMaidstoneCpl Alex McBurney
23/07/1857Micheal Crawley62EssexChelmsfordWife
25/07/1857John LewisGlamorganshireCardiff (last)Wife
29/07/1857Charles FinchEssexChelmsfordGirlfriend
08/08/1857George Jackson20StaffordshireStaffordMr Charlesworth
20/08/1857Stephen Fox23KentMaidstoneMary Ann Hadley (25)
20/08/1857George Edwards18KentMaidstoneHis brother, Thomas
28/08/1857John Blagg47CheshireChesterJohn Babbington
29/08/1857Richard Hardman38LancashireLancaster CastleWife
12/09/1857Capt. Henry RogersLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Andrew Rose
16/11/1857Thomas DavisLondon & MiddlesexNewgateWife
1858 – 9 executions.
12/01/1858John Beale30SomersetTauntonCharlotte Pugsley
08/02/1858Christian SattlerLondon & MiddlesexNewgateInsp. Thain
20/03/1858Panaotis Alepis &23GlamorganSwanseaFellow sailor
20/03/1858Maneoli Selaptane28“““
03/04/1858Joseph Shephard22YorkshireYork CastleBethel Parkinson
26/04/1858Giovanni LaniLondon & MiddlesexNewgateHeloise Thaubin
10/08/1858James Seal19DorsetDorchesterSarah Ann Griffey
17/08/1858Ebenezer Cherrington27SuffolkIpswichSusan Studd
24/08/1858John BucknallSomersetTauntonGrandparents
1859 – 12 executions.
01/01/1859Henry Reid38LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Wife
07/01/1859William Burgess43SomersetTauntonDaughter
08/01/1859John Whitworth22YorkshireYork CastleSally Hare (18)
07/04/1859Fred. Prentice20KentMaidstoneEmma Cappins (17)
04/07/1859Samuel Adams36London & MiddlesexNewgateMartha Page
05/08/1859William Pickett & Henry Carey20/24LincolnshireLincoln Castle (last public)William Stevenson
06/08/1859John Riley36YorkshireYork CastleWife – Alice
11/08/1859John Wilthew51DurhamDurhamWife
23/08/1859Matthew Francis25MonmouthshireMonmouth (last)Wife
30/12/1859John Kington22WarwickshireWarwickWife
31/12/1859Charles Normington17YorkshireYork CastleRichard Broughton
1860 – 10 executions.
31/03/1860Joseph Castle24BedfordshireBedfordWife
11/04/1860Serafim ManzanoWiltshireDevises (last)Anastasia Troubridge
01/08/1860John Fenton37NottinghamshireNottinghamCharles Spencer
20/08/1860Francis Price24WarwickshireWarwickSarah Pratt
21/08/1860George CassCumberlandCarlisleAnn Sewell
04/09/1860William Youngman24SurreyHorsemonger LaneMary Streeter
08/09/1860Thomas Gallagher40LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Wife
19/11/1860James Mullins58London & MiddlesexNewgateMrs Emsley
27/12/1860Milner Lockey58DurhamDurhamThomas Harrison
27/12/1860Thomas Smith35DurhamDurhamJohn Baty
1861 – 14 executions.
01/01/1861James JohnsonHampshireWinchesterCpl. Coler
05/01/1861Samuel Twigg35StaffordshireStaffordWife
30/03/1861Robert HackettDevonshireExeterHenry Jones
05/04/1861Matthew & Charles WedmoreSomersetTauntonSarah Waterman
23/04/1861William WilliamsWalesBrecon (last)Aunt
10/08/1861Augustus HiltonCambridgeshireCambridgeWife
16/08/1861George Smith20DerbyshireDerbyPatricide
27/08/1861Martin Doyle26CheshireChesterAttempted murder (last)
19/09/1861Peter Masterson22KentMaidstoneSgt. Martin Murphy.
14/10/1861William CoganLondon & MiddlesexNewgateWife
27/12/1861Thomas JacksonHampshireWinchesterSgt. John Dickson
30/12/1861John Thompson42WarwickshireWarwickAnn Walker
30/12/1861William Beamish35WarwickshireWarwickWife/child
All executions are for murder from here on.
1862 – 16 executions.
04/01/1862James Waller31YorkshireYork CastleWilliam Smith
04/01/1862David Brandrick30StaffordshireStaffordMr. Bagot
11/01/1862Patrick M’CafferyLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Col. Crofton
14/03/1862John GouldBerkshireReading (last)6 year old daughter, Hannah
15/03/1862William Charlton35CumberlandCarlisle (last)Jane Emerson
04/04/1862Richard RowlandsAngleseyBeaumaris (last)Richard Williams (father-in-law)
11/04/1862Richard ThorleyDerbyshireDerby (last)Eliza Morrow
04/08/1862George Gilbert30HampshireWinchesterMary Ann Hall (23)
18/08/1862John Doidge28CornwallBodmin (last)Robert Drewe
25/08/1862George GardinerWarwickshireWarwickSarah Kirby
13/09/1862William TaylorLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Mr. Mellor
13/09/1862John WardLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)William Jump
20/10/1862Catherine Wilson40London & MiddlesexNewgateMrs Soames
17/11/1862Robert CooperLondon & MiddlesexNewgateAnn Barnham
23/12/1862John Cox25DurhamDurhamAnn Halliday
30/12/1862Ferdinando PetrinaHampshireWinchesterMurder on the high seas
1863 – 21 executions.
02/01/1863William Ockold70WorcestershireWorcester (last)Wife, Sophie
03/01/1863Thomas Edwards30LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Isabella Tonge
14/03/1863George Vass19NorthumberlandNewcastle (last)Margaret Docherty
24/03/1863Noah Austin26OxfordshireOxford (last)James Allen
27/03/1863Charles Fookes49DorsetDorchesterJoseph Stone
27/03/1863Edwin Preedy20DorsetDorchesterCharles Evans
06/04/1863Henry CarterWarwickshireWarwick (last)Alice Hinkley
11/04/1863Robert Burton18KentMaidstoneThomas Houghton (8)
11/04/1863Edward Cooper30ShropshireShrewsburySon
14/04/1863John Ducker63SuffolkIpswich (last)PC Ebenezer Tye
15/04/1863William Hope30HerefordshireHerefordMary Corbett
25/04/1863Duncan MacPhaill &40LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Mrs Ann Walne (79)
25/04/1863George WoodsLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Mrs Ann Walne (79)
27/04/1863Joseph BrooksLondon & MiddlesexNewgatePC Davy
20/08/1863Alfred Holden25KentMaidstoneInfant son Alfred James
20/08/1863Alfred Eldridge33KentMaidstoneRichard Steed (55)
12/09/1863Jose Alvarez22LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)James Harrison
12/09/1863John Hughes51LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Wife
12/09/1863James O’BrienLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Elizabeth Callaghan
12/09/1863Benjamin ThomasLancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Mary Rowland
28/12/1863Alice Holt27CheshireChesterMother
1864 – 21 executions.
02/01/1864John GreenCambridgeshireCambridge (last)Elizabeth Brown
09/01/1864Luke Charles25LancashireLiverpool (Kirkdale)Wife
12/01/1864Samuel WrightSurreyHorsemonger LaneMaria Green
22/02/1864Francisco Blanco,London & MiddlesexNewgateThe Flowery Land pirates,
22/02/1864Ambrosio Durano,““murder of George Smith at sea.
22/02/1864Miguel Lopez,“““
22/02/1864Marcus Vartos &“““
22/02/1864John Lyons“““
05/04/1864Thomas WatkinsHerefordshireHereford (last)Wife
16/04/1864James ClitheroeLancashireLiverpoolMary Woods
02/05/1864John Devine21London & MiddlesexNewgateJoseph Duck
01/08/1864Charles Bricknell23London & MiddlesexNewgateJane Jeary
05/08/1864William StephensBuckinghamshireAylesbury (last)Ann Leeson
10/08/1864Thomas ParkerNottinghamshireNottingham (last)Matricide
27/08/1864Lewis Gough55GloucestershireGloucester (last)Mary Curtis
10/09/1864James Sargisson20YorkshireLeedsJohn Cooper
10/09/1864Joseph Myers43YorkshireLeedsWife
14/11/1864Franz Muller23London & MiddlesexNewgateThomas Briggs (70)
27/12/1864Richard Hale30StaffordshireStaffordBastard daughter
27/12/1864Charles Brough24StaffordshireStaffordGeorge Walker
28/12/1864Francis Wane48EssexChelmsfordAmelia Blunt
1865 – 6 executions.
07/01/1865Henry Brown32LancashireLiverpoolThomas McCarthy
26/01/1865Ferdinand KohlEssexChelmsford (last)Theodore Furhop
16/03/1865Matthew Atkinson41DurhamDurham (last)Wife
25/03/1865Stephen Burke40LancashireLancaster (last)Wife
04/08/1865John HughesHampshireWinchesterMaria Clements
12/10/1865John Currie19KentMaidstoneMajor de Vere
1866 – 12 executions.
09/01/1866Charles Robinson18StaffordshireStaffordHarriet Seager
11/01/1866Stephen Forward25KentMaidstoneWife & daughter
27/03/1866George BentleyStaffordshireStaffordJohn Poole
28/03/1866Mary Ann Ashford45DevonshireExeterHusband
10/04/1866John LeighSussexLewes (last)Harriet Horton
12/04/1866Robert Coe18GlamorganSwansea (last)John Davies
23/04/1866Samuel Griffiths26CheshireChester (last)Victim unknown
07/08/1866William Collier35StaffordshireStafford (last)Thomas Smith
15/08/1866John Grant36DevonshireExeter (last)Philip Boobier
25/08/1866James BurrowsLancashireSalfordJ Brennan
01/09/1866Thomas GrimeLancashireLiverpoolJames Barton
09/10/1866John JeffreyLondon & MiddlesexNewgateSon (aged 7)
1867 – 12 executions.
10/01/1867Ann Lawrence29KentMaidstoneInfant son, Jeremiah
10/01/1867James Fletcher20KentMaidstoneJames Boyle, warder
16/04/1867James LonghurstSurreyHorsemonger LaneHarriet Sax (6)
26/08/1867Hubbard Lingley22NorfolkNorwich Castle (last)Uncle – Ben Black
29/08/1867George Britten51SomersetTaunton (last)Wife
14/09/1867Henry FarringtonLancashireLiverpool (last)Wife
15/10/1867John WigginsLondon & MiddlesexNewgateAgnes Oakes
15/10/1867Louis BordierSurreyHorsemonger Lane (last)Mary Ann Snow
23/11/1867William Allen &LancashireSalfordPolice Sgt. Charles Brett
23/11/1867William Gould &“““
23/11/1867Michael Larkin“““
24/12/1867Frederick Baker29HampshireWinchester (last)Fanny Adams (8)
1868 – 8 public executions.
31/03/1868William WorsleyBedfordshireBedford (last)William Bradbury
02/04/1868Frances Kidder25KentMaidstone (last female)Step-daughter, Louisa (12)
04/04/1868Miles WetherillLancashireSalford (last)Mary Hammer
04/04/1868Timothy FahertyLancashireSalford (last)Rev Mr Plow
04/04/1868Frederick ParkerYorkshireYork Castle (last)Daniel Driscoll
09/04/1868John Mapp35ShropshireShrewsbury (last)Catherine Lewis
30/04/1868Richard Bishop21KentMaidstone (last)Alfred Cartwright (24)
26/05/1868Micheal BarrettLondon & MiddlesexNewgate (last)7 in Clerkenwell explosion

(last) above indicates last public hanging at that location.

You may see references to Southamptonshire in old books – this is now called Hampshire.


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