.: Hangings at Nottingham

Death by hanging was the principal form of execution from Anglo-Saxon times in Britain until capital punishment was abolished in 1964. Up to 1868 all hangings were carried out in public and attracted large crowds, who went for the morbid excitement and the carnival atmosphere that usually surrounded such events. The modern expression Gala Day is derived from the Anglo-Saxon gallows day. After 1868 hangings were conducted inside prisons, crowds would still often gather outside the gates to see the posting of the death notice.

1735 - 1756 50 death sentences were commuted and reports of 9 executions have been found

1757 - 1799 there were 128 death sentences given out and 34 of these were carried out

Records of hangings at the Shire Hall, this may not be complete due to the turbulent history of the site.

· James Gilders - Highway Robbery - Mar 1738
· Henry Parnell - Murder - August 1738
· John Grimes - Highway Robbery - August 1739
· Ignathias Fisher - Highway Robbery - August 1745
· Joseph Millner - Robbery - April 1751
· Woolston Roberts - Cutting and Maiming - April 1752
· Robert Wilson - Highway Robbery - April 1752
· Samuel Ward - Housebreaking - April 1752
· William Horne - Murder of his bastard - November 1753
· William Wagner - Highway Robbery - Sheep Stealing - November 1754
· Liz Morton - Robbery - April 1754
· Thomas Reynolds - Burglary - May 1754
· James Bromwich - Highway robbery - November 1754
· John Spencer - Scrooby Murder - June 1755
· Adam Bagshaw - Housebreaking - June 1755
· Edmund Brinsley - Stealing, Arson - September 1755
· Robert Rushton - Robbery - September 1755
· Thomas William Cook - Murder - October 1755
· Thomas Cobb - Burglary - November 1755
· James Brodie - Murder - July 1799
· David Proctor - Horse Theft, Rape - July 1799