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Welcome to British Executions. This site details most criminal executions carried out in Britain between 1100 and 1964.

Most exections are referenced but not all have a full description.

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John James Alcott
1953

Crime: murder

Location: Ash Vale Railway Station, Aldershot

John James Alcott was convicted of the murder of Charles Dean
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John William Anderson
1875

Crime: murder

Location: —

In August, John William Anderson, a young clerk, gave up work and took to drink. and as a result relations with his wife became strained. They argued constantly and she threatened to leave him unless he got a job. On…
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Thomas Austin
1694

Crime: murder

Location: —

Austin was executed in Exeter in August 1694. Born in Cullompton to good, honest parents, he had inherited their farm upon their deaths. The estate was quite substantial, being worth about £80 per year. Shortly…
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James Frank Rivett
1950

Crime: murder

Location: Cycle shed at Sir John Leman School, Beccles

James Frank Rivett murdered his girlfriend Christine Ruth Cuddon 17 who he strangled in a cycle shed at Sir John Leman School, Beccles on 5 November 1949. She was strangled with her head scarf.
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Henry Alt
1885

Crime: murder

Location: —

Murder of C.HOWARD; Newgate
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John Walker
1950

Crime: murder

Location: Station Road, Brompton, Northallerton

John Walker murdered Francis Henry Wilson who he battered to death at Station Road, Brompton, near Northallerton on 29 April 1950.
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George Kelly
1950

Crime: murder

Location: Cameo Cinema, Bird Street, Wavertree, Liverpool

Leonard Thomas and John Bernard Catterall were murdered at the Cameo Cinema, Bird Street, Wavertree, Liverpool during a robbery on the night of 19 March 1949. A man, George Kelly 27, was convicted of their murders and…
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Norman Goldthorpe
1950

Crime: murder

Location: —

Norman Goldthorpe murdered Emma Howe who he strangled at 2 Owles Court, Row 52, Yarmouth on 11 August 1950.
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James Henry Corbitt
1950

Crime: murder

Location: Prince of Wales Hotel, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne

James Henry Corbitt murdered his girlfriend Eliza Wood 36 who he strangled in room 7, Prince of Wales Hotel, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne on 20 August 1950.
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John Reginald Halliday Christie
1953

Crime: murder

Location: 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London

John Reginald Halliday Christie was convicted of the murder of his wife Ethel Christie.
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William Arthur Watkins
1951

Crime: murder

Location: —

William Arthur Watkins murdered his newborn son who he drowned at 6 Back 69 Clifton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham on 21 January 1951.
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Peter Manuel
1958

Crime: murder

Location: —

Peter Manuel was convcited of the murder of seven people and sentenced to death.
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William Edward Shaughnessy
1951

Crime: murder

Location: —

William Shaughnessy murdered his wife and daughter Marie Alexine Shaughnessy 46 and Joyce Shaughnessy 20 who he strangled at 319 Arundel Street, Portsmouth on 18 and 19 December 1950.
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Robert Dobie Smith
1951

Crime: murder

Location: —

Robert Dobie Smith murdered William Gibson who he shot at Bank Street, Dumfries on 22 May 1951.
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Horace Carter
1952

Crime: murder

Location: 34 Caversham Road, Birmingham

Murdered Sheila Ethel Attwood 11 at 34 Caversham Road, Birmingham on 1 August 1951.
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Ajit Singh
1952

Crime: murder

Location: Cefn Hirgoed Isolation Hospital, Bridgend

Ajit Singh murdered his girlfriend Joan Marion Thomas 27 who he shot outside Cefn Hirgoed Isolation Hospital, Bridgend on 30 December 1951.
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Alfred Charles Whiteway
1953

Crime: murder

Location: —

Alfred Charles Whiteway murdered Barbara Songhurst 16 and Christine Reed 18 who he stabbed and battered to death on the Thames Towpath at Teddington, London on 31 May 1952.
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Milton Taylor
1954

Crime: murder

Location: Nantwich, Cheshire

Milton Taylor murdered his girlfriend Marie Bradshaw 25 who he strangled at Nantwich, Cheshire on 21 February 1954.
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James Robinson
1955

Crime: murder

Location: The Hollies, Skegby, Nottinghamshire

Murdered Mary Ann Dodsley at The Hollies, Skegby, Nottinghamshire on 15 December 1954 by strangulation.
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Frank Stokes
1958

Crime: murder

Location: —

Frank Stokes murdered Linda Violet Ash 75 at 41 Marlborough Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 14 April, 1958.
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