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01.11.2023 - 18:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
For almost a century, exactly 100 convicted criminals were hanged in Manchester at Strangeways Prison. The last execution at the prison, and in England, took place in 1964 - almost 60-years ago.
And while the number of people executed for their crimes had reduced dramatically shortly before capital punishment was abolished, offenders were executed frequently. Many had not even committed serious crimes such as murder or rape, but some for minor offences like pick-pocketing.
The noose became the standard method for ending the lives of criminals but, in the 18th Century, there were gruesome instances of children being killed, and women not only hanged but burned at the stake. Records show public executions of criminals from Greater Manchester as far back at 1735 were carried out on Lancashire Moor, and later Lancaster Castle.
And, there are also records of public executions in Salford. But then the grim spectacles moved behind closed doors and from 1869 they took place at Strangeways prison in a special chamber.
The bodies of executed criminals were buried in unmarked graves within Strangeways' walls. However, after the rooftop riots in 1990, rebuilding work took place the following year and the remains of 63 prisoners (of which 45 were identifiable) were exhumed from the prison cemetery.
Their remains were cremated and re-interred in two graves at Blackley Cemetery. Below, we have listed some of the most infamous criminals to be executed at Strangeways prison, and details of the crimes they committed.
On March 29, 1869, Michael Johnson became the first person to be hanged at Strangeways prison. The prison initially had a purpose built execution shed in one of the yards.
Johnson, who was just 20, was received capital
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