Appendix
Female Executions in London, 1800–1955
(1) Public Executions |
|
Location |
Crime |
Date |
1804 |
Ann Hurle |
Newgate |
Forgery |
8 February |
Providence Hansard |
Newgate |
Forgery |
5 July |
1805 |
Mary Parnell |
Newgate |
Forgery |
13 November |
1806 |
Sarah Herring |
Horsemonger Lane |
Coining |
8 April |
1807 |
Elizabeth Godfrey |
Newgate |
Murder |
23 February |
1809 |
Mary Barrington |
Newgate |
Making a false oath |
22 February |
1810 |
Melinder Mapson |
Newgate |
Robbery |
13 June |
1812 |
Catherine Foster |
Newgate |
Making a false oath |
12 August |
1813 |
Sarah Fletcher |
Horsemonger Lane |
Murder |
5 April |
1815 |
Elizabeth Fenning |
Newgate |
Attempted Murder |
26 July |
1817 |
Sarah Perry |
Newgate |
Murder |
24 February |
Elizabeth Fricker |
Newgate |
Burglary |
5 March |
1818 |
Mary Ann Jones |
Newgate |
Forgery |
17 February |
Charlotte Newman |
Newgate |
Forgery |
17 February |
Harriet Skelton |
Newgate |
Uttering |
24 April |
1820 |
Sarah Price |
Newgate |
Uttering |
5 December |
1821 |
Ann Norris |
Newgate |
Robbery |
27 November |
1826 |
Mary Cain |
Newgate |
Murder |
16 January |
1827 |
Amelia Roberts |
Newgate |
Robbery |
2 January |
Mary Wittenback |
Newgate |
Murder |
17 September |
1828 |
Catherine Welch |
Newgate |
Murder |
14 April |
1829 |
Esther Hibner |
Newgate |
Murder |
13 April |
Ann Mary Chapman |
Newgate |
Attempted |
22 July |
|
|
Murder |
|
1832 |
Elizabeth Ross |
Newgate |
Murder |
9 January |
1846 |
Martha Browning |
Newgate |
Murder |
5 January |
1848 |
Harriet Parker |
Newgate |
Murder |
21 February |
1849 |
Maria Manning |
Horsemonger Lane |
Murder |
13 November |
1862 |
Catherine Wilson |
Newgate |
Murder |
20 October |
2) Private Executions |
1870 |
Margaret Walters |
Horsemonger Lane |
Murder |
11October |
1874 |
Frances Stewart |
Newgate |
Murder |
29 June |
1879 |
Kate Webster |
Wandsworth |
Murder |
29July |
1890 |
Mary Wheeler |
Newgate |
Murder |
23 December |
1896 |
Amelia Dyer |
Newgate |
Murder |
10 June |
1900 |
Louisa Masset |
Newgate |
Murder |
9 January |
Ada Chard-Williams |
Newgate |
Murder |
8 March |
1903 |
Amelia Sach |
Holloway |
Murder |
3 February |
Annie Walters |
Holloway |
Murder |
3 February |
1923 |
|
|
|
|
Edith Thompson |
Holloway |
Murder |
9 January |
1954 |
|
|
|
Styllou Christofi |
Holloway |
Murder |
16 December |
1955 |
|
|
|
Ruth Ellis |
Holloway |
Murder |
13 July |
Summary |
|
|
Crime |
Executions |
Murder |
24 |
Forgery |
5 |
Robbery |
3 |
Attempted Murder |
2 |
Making a false oath |
2 |
Uttering |
2 |
Burglary |
1 |
Coining |
1 |
Total |
40 |