Prolific hangman's little-known life growing up on Hessle Road
Prolific hangman's little-known life growing up on Hessle Road Thomas Pierrepoint hanged 300 people and spent his formative years in Hull He carried out some 300 executions including the only hanging of a woman at Hull Prison. Thomas Pierrepoint was part of the infamous Pierrepoint dynasty with several members employed as hangmen and executioners. But what is not so well known is that Thomas spent much of his formative years growing up in what is now Hawthorn Avenue, off Hessle Road, as local historian Mike Covell discovered. Read more: Henry Pierrepoint was employed as an executioner from 19...
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