Church Lane location of William Marwood´s shoe shop. The Hangman of Horncastle. (Horncastle)

United Kingdom / England / Horncastle
 street, interesting place
The Lane ware Mr William Marwood´s shoe repare shop was,
The Hangman of Horncastle.
William Marwood (1820 – 1883), a cobbler, of Church Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England at the age of 54 persuaded the governor of Lincoln prison to allow him to conduct an execution. The efficient way in which he conducted the hanging of William Frederick Harry (or Horry) without a hitch on 1 April 1872 assisted him in being appointed hangman by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, for which he was paid a retainer of £20 a year plus £10 per execution
www.horncastlecivic.org.uk/worthies/details.php?id=3

In Marwood's time there was a popular rhyme which went:

If Pa killed Ma
Who'd kill Pa?
Marwood.



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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marwood
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Coordinates:   53°12'29"N   -0°6'59"E
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