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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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William Francis Albert Bressington
1925

Crime: murder

Location: Cozens Field, Staple Hill, Bristol

William Bressington was convicted of the murder of 8-year-old Gilbert Caleb Amos and sentenced to death.
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George William Barton
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 12 Bartle Avenue, East Ham, London

George William Barton was convicted of the murder of 38-year-old Mary May Palfrey and sentenced to death.
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Thomas Henry Shelton
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 30 Abbey Street, Gateshead

Thomas Henry Shelton was convicted of the murder of his 25-year-old girlfriend Ruth Surtees Rodgers and 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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John Keen
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 56 Water Street, Port Dundas, Glasgow

John Keen was convicted of the murder of Noor Mohammed.
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Patrick Power
1925

Crime: murder

Location: 8 Whit Lane, Pendleton, Manchester

Patrick Power was convicted of the murder of 46-year-old Sarah Ann Sykes and sentenced to death.
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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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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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