Ten places where hangings took place in London
London hangings and other forms of execution took place in different parts of London as Tony McMahon discovers looking back over the centuries
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Elizabeth Brownrigg – a brutal murderer
Elizabeth Brownrigg was a brutal eighteenth century murderer with a violent streak who tortured her female charges, eventually killing one of them. But she came to grisly end herself. Elizabeth was married to James Brownrigg, a plumber who moved with his wife in to Flower-de-Luce Court off Fleet Street. It was the year 1765 and…