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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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Henry Graham
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 20 St Marks Road, Sunderland

Henry Graham was convicted of the murder of his 30-year-old wife Margaret Ann Graham and sentenced to death.
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John Norman Holmes Thorne
1925

Crime: murder

Location: Wesley Poultry Farm, Blackness, Crowborough, Sussex

John Norman Holmes Thorne was convicted of the murder of his 26-year-old fiancee Elsie Emily Cameron and sentenced to death.
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James Winstanley
1925

Crime: murder

Location: Gathurst Wood, Leeds Liverpool Canal, Navigation Inn, Shevington

James Winstanley was convicted of the murder of his 27-year-old girlfriend Edith Horrocks Wilkinson and sentenced to death.
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Herbert George Bloye
1925

Crime: murder

Location: Town Farm, Swaffham

Herbert George Bloye was convicted of the murder of his 52-year-old mother-in-law Clara Squires and his wife Alice Mabel Squires and sentenced to death.
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Samuel Johnson
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 13 Wingfield Street, Stretford, Manchester

Samuel Johnson was convicted of the murder of his 23-year-old girlfriend Beatrice Philomena Martin and sentenced to death.
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William Hardyman
1768

Crime: forgery

Location: —

Friday, 8 April 1768 Poole
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Arthur Henry Bishop
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 24 Charles Street, Mayfair, London

Arthur Bishop was convicted of the murder of 26-year-old Francis Edward Rix.
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William John Cronin
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 128 Old Street, Stepney, London

William John Cronin was convicted of manslaughter in 1897 and later again for murder in 1925 when he was sentenced to death.
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William Grover Bignell
1925

Crime: murder

Location: Long Newnton, Tetbury

William Bignell was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, 37-year-old Margaret Legg and sentenced to death.
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Leonard Holmes
1946

Crime: murder

Location: Central Avenue, Walesby

Leonard Holmes murdered his wife Peggy Agnes Holmes 29 who he battered and strangled at Central Avenue, Walesby on 19 November 1945.
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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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