A-Z Of Hangmen And Hangwomen In Britain and Ireland [1800-2023]

"A-Z Of Hangmen And Hangwomen In Britain and Ireland [1800-2023]" looks at the 169 known executioners in Britain and Ireland after January 1st, 1800 (two of them were female - both in Ireland) .... Note there will be more - certainly from Ireland before c. 1870 and certainly assistants from the early part of the 19th century .... Many of the names of the 169 will not have been heard of before .... There is also a detailed chronological list of dates relating to the death penalty after 1800; plus approximately 5,000 words of references to the executioners from the British Newspaper Archives [BNA] .... finally there is an in depth look at the process for 'modernising' the selection processes for executioners in England & Wales in c. 1890 from a file at The National Archives [TNA], which includes a famous murderer who had applied to become a hangman ....