At which British prisons were judicial hangings carried out in the
nineteen thirties and forties including the war years?

Hello.

There is comprehensive information on this subject on these web pages:

The English hanged - 1932 - 1964
http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanged2.html

The history of judicial hanging in Britain: Places of execution
http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging1.html#places


As indicated on those pages, the main British prisons where hangings
took place in the 1930s and 1940s were:

Pentonville (London)
Wandsworth (London)
Strangeways (Manchester)
Armley (Leeds) 
Durham jail 
Walton (Liverpool)
Winson Green (Birmingham)


Additionally, Oxford, Exeter, and Bristol hosted a few hangings during the period.

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search strategy:
hangings prison site:uk
hangings prison 1940 site:uk
hangings pentonville wandsworth armley

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 01 Aug 2004 01:55 PDT

Thank you Bryan/Probonopublico for pointing out my omission of
Scotland and Northern Ireland.

There were also hangings in the '30s/'40s at the following prisons in
Scotland and Northern Ireland:

Barlinnie Glasgow
Perth
Belfast
http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/scottish.html

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 01 Aug 2004 01:57 PDT

Here's the Northern Ireland link:
http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/nirish.html

VERY Interesting Juggler BUT ...

May I point out that there may have also been some executions in
Scotland and N Ireland.

I dunno.

Just curious.

The Links did not work for me.

This site has a list of the English prisons where hangings took place:
1932 - 1964. It is also listed by each year. I do not know how
reliable the information is.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6142/hanged2.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6142/contents.html

answerfinder-ga

Mmmm. I've just noticed it is the same! Forget that.
asnwerfinder-ga

Hi, Everyone

This is OUTSIDE the scope of the question but I believe that there
were also a number of executions by firing squad during the war years.

I don't know how many or where they were carried out.

Bryan

On "The firing squad in Britain":
http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/shooting.html

http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/contents.html

A former prison officer told me that Cardiff (Wales) was also used for
executions. He claimed that there was still a gallows somewhere on
site.

Now the Links are working for me.

That is one great site.

Thanks for a great question.

And how about that amber00?

A Welsh venue, no less.

I bet they only strung up folks who couldn't sing.