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- Britain, Executions 1606-1955
- Bury Union Workhouse (Jericho Institution) Admission Registers
- Bury Workhouse Creed Registers
- Bury Workhouse Discharge Registers
- Chertsey Poor Law Union Admission and Discharge Books post-1900
- Chertsey Poor Law Union Admission and Discharge Books pre-1900
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Baptisms)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Births)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Burials)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Deaths)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records, Admissions and Discharges
- Cheshire Workhouse Records, Religious Creeds
- City of York calendars of prisoners 1739-1851
- City of York hearth & window tax 1665-1778
- Cobham, Reed’s School Annual Reports 1818-1901
- Derbyshire hospital admissions and deaths 1892-1913
- Derbyshire hospital admissions and deaths 1892-1913
- Derbyshire Workhouse Reports
- Devon, Plymouth Prison Records 1832-1919
- Devon, Tavistock Borough Court Luxton Manuscripts, 1839-1896
- Dorking Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1837-1847
- England & Wales, paupers in workhouses 1860
- England and Wales, Crime, Prisons and Punishment 1770-1935
- Farnham Board of Guardians Minute Books 1872-1910
- Godstone Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1869-1915
- Guildford Infirmary Deaths 1933-1939
- Guildford Workhouse Births 1866-1910
- Guildford Workhouse Deaths 1887-1914
- Hambledon Board of Guardians Minute Books 1836-1910
- Hampshire, Portsmouth Hospital Records
- Hampshire, Portsmouth Workhouse Registers
- Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portsea Island Rate Books
- Ireland, Licences to Keep Arms 1832-1836
- Ireland, Ulster Covenant 1912
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Annuities
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Deaths
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Marriages
- Kent, Bexley Asylum Minute Books, 1901-1939
- Lancashire, Manchester cholera victims 1832
- Lincolnshire Poor Law Removals 1665 - 1865
- Lincolnshire Settlement Certificates 1675 - 1860
- Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations 1721 - 1861
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes
- Liverpool Workhouse Registers
- London, Bethlem Hospital Patient Admission Registers and Casebooks 1683-1932
- Mayford Industrial School Admissions 1895-1907
- Middlesex, Harrow School photographs of pupils & masters 1869-1925
- Middlesex, London, Old Bailey Court records 1674-1913
- National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
- Princess Mary Village Homes Pupils 1870-1890s
- Prison ship (Hulk) Registers 1811-1843
- Redhill, Royal Philanthropic School Admission Registers 1788-1906
- Richmond Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1870-1911
- Roxburghshire, Kelso Dispensary Patient Registers 1777-1781
- Scotland prison registers index 1828-1884
- Scotland, Buchanan Society Members 1725-1948
- Scotland, Edinburgh Temperance Pledges 1886-1908
- Scotland, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), poorhouse records 1859-1912
- South Yorkshire Asylum, Admission Records
- Surrey County Gaol Deaths 1798-1878
- Surrey feet of fines 1558-1760
- Surrey feet of fines place list
- Surrey Quarter Sessions 1780 -1820
- Surrey, Southwark, St Saviour Poor Relief 1818-1821
- Warlingham Military Hospital Chaplain's Department baptisms, confirmations and deaths 1917-1919
- Warwickshire bastardy index
- Warwickshire, Coventry workhouse admission and discharge registers 1853-1946
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registration Plates (1921-1944)
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registrations 1921-1944
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Admissions
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Apprentices
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Bastardy
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Examinations
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Land tax
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Paupers
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Poor law and workhouse records
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Valuations
- Wiltshire Asylum Registers, 1789-1921
- Woking, St Peter’s Memorial Home Patients 1885-1908
- Women’s Suffrage Petition 1866
- Yorkshire, Sheffield Crime Courts and Convicts 1737-1938
- Yorkshire, Sheffield Crime Courts And Convicts 1769-1931
- Yorkshire, Sheffield social and institutional records 1558-1939
- Yorkshire, Sheffield, asylum & hospital admissions & subscriptions 1748-1937
- Yorkshire, Sheffield, Workhouse Admissions 1700-1915
Discover the names of your English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ancestors who were executed between 1606 and 1955. The records have been sourced from www.blacksheepancestors.com. Additional details about the records can be found on the source website.
The index provides you with the names of those who were executed in Great Britain and Ireland. The index was originally created by BlackSheepAncestors.com. The details in each result may vary depending on the event and date, but most will include the following facts:
- Name
- Age
- Birth year
- Event year
- Crime/victim – details either the crime the person was convicted of or the name of the victim of the crime.
- Execution year
- Execution date
- Execution place
- Execution method
- Hangman
If you have found the name of your ancestor in these records, you should continue your family history exploration with Findmypast’s England & Wales, crime, prisons & punishment, 1770-1935 records or Irish prison registers 1790-1924 to discover more about your criminal ancestor’s arrest and trail. You can link through to these records in the Useful links and resources section.