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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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Jean Pierre Vaquier
1924

Location: Blue Anchor Hotel, Byfleet

Jean Vaquier was convicted of the murder of 38-year-old Alfred George Poynter Jones and sentenced to death.
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Arthur Simms
1924

Location: Calladine Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield

Arthur Simms was convicted of the murder of his 9-year-old sister-in-law Rosa Armstrong and sentenced to death.
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William Grover Bignell
1925

Location: Tetbury, Long Newnton

William Bignell murdered his girlfriend Margaret Legg 37 whose throat he cut in a field near Tetbury, Long Newnton on 25 October 1924.
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William Francis Albert Bressington
1925

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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John Keen
1925

Location: —

John Keen murdered Noorh Mohammed who he stabbed to death at 56 Water Street, Port Dundas, Glasgow on 16 May, 1925.
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Herbert George Bloye
1925

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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Daniel Good
1842

Location: Park Lane, Putney

Daniel Good was convicted of the murder of Jane Jones and sentenced to death.
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Thomas Billings
1726

Location: Tyburn Road, London

Catherine Hayes and Thomas Billings were convicted of the murder of her husband John Hayes.
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Catherine Hayes
1726

Location: Tyburn Road, London

Catherine Hayes and Thomas Billings were convicted of the murder of her husband John Hayes.
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William Fish
1876

Location: 162 Moss Street, Blackburn

William Fish was convicted of the murder of 7-year-old Emily Holland and sentenced to death.
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Matthew Frederick Atkinson Nunn
1924

Location: Bushfields, Tantobie, Tanfield

Matthew Frederick Atkinson Nunn was convicted of the murder of his 20-year-old girlfriend Minetta Mary Kelly.
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Francis Wilson Booker
1924

Location: Carrs Wood, Northenden, Cheshire

Francis Wilson Booker was convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Percy Sharpe.
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William Horsely Wardell
1924

Location: 23 Sunderland Road, Manningham, Bradford

William Horsley Wardell was convicted of the murder of 60-year-old Elizabeth Reaney and sentenced to death.
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Abraham (Jack) Goldenberg
1924

Location: Lloyds Bank, Bordon Camp, Bordon

Abraham Goldenberg was convicted of the murder of 29-year-old William Edward Hall and sentenced to death.
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John Charles Horner
1924

Location: Windsor Bridge, Peel Park, Salford

John Charles Horner was convicted of the murder of 5-year-old Norman Widdowson Pinchin and sentenced to death.
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Patrick Herbert Mahon
1924

Location: Officers House, Langney Bungalows, Westham, Crumbles, Eastbourne

Patrick Herbert Mahon was convicted of the murder of 38-year-old Emily Beilby Kaye and sentenced to death.
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Frederick Southgate
1924

Location: John-de-Bois Cottages, John-de-Bois Hill, Ardleigh, Colchester

Frederick Southgate was convicted of the murder of his 58-year-old wife Elizabeth Southgate and sentenced to death.
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William George Smith
1924

Location: 86 Arundel Street, Hull

William George Smith was convicted of the murder of 29-year-old Elizabeth Bousfield and sentenced to death.
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Joseph Hume
1908

Location: Lhanbryde, Elgin

Joseph Hume was convicted of the murder of John Barclay Smith and sentenced to death.
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Joseph William Noble
1908

Location: Co-Operative Store, Windy Nook

Joseph William Noble was convicted for the murder of 33-year-old John Patterson and sentenced to death.
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