There were many executions in Nottingham from the 1800s until capital punishment was abolished in 1965.

Criminals who had been found guilty of terrible crimes such as rape and murder would be sentenced to death - often by hanging.

But back in the 1800s it wasn't just crimes such as this that people found themselves at the mercy of the executioner.

Crimes such as forgery, arson and highway robbery were also punishable by death in the early 1800s.

A website named Capital Punishment UK details all of those executed in the UK, including those in Nottinghamshire.

Many of the early executions took pace at Nottingham Gallows Hill, with the last taking place in 1827, before then moving to High Pavement where the National Justice Museum stands.

Historical crimes

All of the people executed in Nottingham since 1800 and their crimes

  • John Atkinson. Uttering forgery. Executed 16/04/1800 at Gallows Hill.
  • Michael Denman. Burglary. Executed 05/08/1801 at Gallows Hill.
  • Mary Voce. Murder of her baby. Executed 16/03/1802 at Gallows Hill.
  • Fernando Davis. Highway robbery. Executed 31/03/1802 at Gallows Hill.
  • John Thompson. Theft. Executed 23/03/1803 at Gallows Hill.
  • William Hill. Rape. Executed 10/08/1803 at Gallows Hill.
  • Robert Powell. Housebreaking. Executed 10/04/1805 a5 Gallows Hill.
  • William Davies. Forgery. Executed 26/03/1806 at Gallows Hill.
  • Thomas Lampin. Forgery. Executed 02/08/1809 at Gallows Hill.
  • Benjamin Renshaw. Arson. Executed 29/07/1812 at Gallows Hill.
  • William Simpson. Housebreaking. Executed 31/03/1813 at Gallows Hill.
  • John Hempstock. Murder. Executed 23/03/1815 at Gallows Hill.
  • John Simpson. Highway Robbery. Executed 03/04/1816 at Gallows Hill.
  • Daniel Diggle. Shooting. Executed 02/04/1817 at Gallows Hill.
  • Charles Rotherham. Murder. Executed 28/07/1817 at Gallows Hill.
  • George Needham and William Manderville. Burglary. Executed 03/04/1818 at Gallows Hill.
  • Thomas Wilcox. Highway robbery. Executed 29/03/1820 at Gallows Hill.
  • Henry Sanderson. Murder. Executed 22/03/1822 at Gallows Hill.
  • Robert Bamford and Adam Adie. Murder. Executed 22/03/1822 Nottingham.
  • Thomas Roe and Benjamin Miller. Highway robbery. Executed 02/04/1823 at Gallows Hill.
  • Thomas Dewey. Murder. Executed 27/07/1825 at Gallows Hill.
  • Samuel Wood. Murder of wife. Executed 16/03/1826 at Gallows Hill.
  • George Milnes and Joshua Smith. Burglary. Executed 26/07/1826 at Gallows Hill.
  • William Wells. Highway robbery. Executed 02/04/1827 at Gallows Hill (last at Gallows Hill).
National Justice Museum
The National Justice Museum on High Pavement is where criminals were executed after the last execution at Gallows Hill
  • William Reynolds and William Marshall. rape. Executed 24/08/1831 Nottingham.
  • George Beck, Thomas Armstrong and George Hearson. Riot - set fire to a silk mill. Executed 01/02/1832 Nottingham.
  • William Clayton. Murder. Executed 02/04/1833 Nottingham.
  • William Hinkley. Murder of wife. Executed 23/07/1834 Nottingham.
  • Richard Smith. Rape (last). Executed 30/03/1836 Nottingham.
  • John Driver. Murder. Executed 31/07/1839 Nottingham.
  • John Jones. Murder. Executed 23/03/1842 Nottingham.
  • William Saville. Murder of wife and three children. Executed 07/08/1844 Nottingham.
  • John Fenton. Murder. Executed 01/08/1860 Nottingham.
  • Thomas Parker. Matricide. Executed 10/08/1864 High Pavement (last public execution).
  • Thomas Grey. Murder. Executed 21/11/1877 Nottingham.
  • John Brooks. Murder. Executed 13/02/1878 Nottingham.
  • Thomas Cholerton. Murder. Executed 12/08/1878 Nottingham.
  • Thomas Brown. Murder. Executed 15/08/1881 Nottingham.
  • Joseph Tucker. Murder of wife. Executed 03/08/1885 Nottingham.
  • Benjamin Terry. Murder of wife. Executed 22/02/1887 Nottingham.
  • Walter Smith. Murder of wife. Executed 27/03/1894 Nottingham.
  • Edmund Kesteven. Murder of wife. Executed 26/03/1895 Nottingham.
  • Henry Wright. Murder of landlady. Executed 24/12/1895 Nottingham.
  • Samuel Wilkinson and John Rose. Murder. Executed 11/08/1896 Nottingham.
  • Joseph Alcock. Murder of wife. Executed 23/12/1896 Nottingham.
  • Elias Torr. Murder of daughter. Executed 09/08/1899 Nottingham.
  • John Hutchinson. Murder. Executed 29/03/1905 Nottingham.
  • Edward Glynn. Murder of ex-girlfriend. Executed 07/08/1906 Nottingham.
  • Samuel Atherley. Quadruple murder. Executed 14/30/1909 Nottingham.
  • Percy Atkin. Murder of wife. Executed 07/04/1922 Nottingham.
  • Albert Burrows. Quadruple murder. Executed 08/08/1923 Nottingham.
  • Arthur Simms. Murder of sister in law. Executed 17/12/1924 Nottingham.
  • William Knighton. Murder of mother. Executed 27/04/1927 Nottingham.
  • George Hayward. Murder. Executed 10/04/1928 Nottingham (last execution in Nottingham).