However, the name of the prison was actually changed to HMP Manchester in the s, though most people still refer to it by its former title. Although the name sounds rather gothic, it actually refers to the area on which the prison was built — the former Strangeways Park and Gardens. After the closure of Salford Prison, Strangeways became the official execution site for the area — and had a purpose-built shed constructed on-site.
Most of the executions were carried out prior to World War One, and there were hangings in total. Gwynne Evans was also hung at Strangeways on — making him the last man in the UK to be executed in prison. Mary had been having an affair with her neighbour, Thomas Dixon, and after her own husband's death, she was invited round to the Dixon 's house by his unsuspecting wife, also called Mary. She was to become the next and last victim of this serial poisoner.
The three deaths, all with their identical and somewhat unnatural symptoms, raised suspicion. Mary Britland was interviewed by the police in connection with Mary Dixon's death and her body was examined by a pathologist.
It was found to contain a lethal quantity of the two poisons and Mary was immediately arrested. She came to trial on Thursday, the 22nd, of July before Mr. Justice Cave at Manchester Assizes. Her defence was absence of motive - it was contended that the small insurance payouts were no compensation for the loss of her husband and daughter.
It took the jury some time to convict her, although in the end they did. After she was sentenced, she declared to the court, "I am quite innocent, I am not guilty at all.
A young man called John Jackson, who had been a plumber by trade, was mortified when his teenage idol, Charles Peace, was hanged at Leeds ' Armley prison on the 25th of February After a session of heavy drinking in the pubs of Leeds , he made up his mind to join the army. He was convicted of horse stealing while serving with the army and was sentenced to six months in prison, which he began to serve at Wakefield prison and from which he managed to escape.
He was recaptured and sent to Armley prison in Leeds from which he was released in the summer of He was soon breaking into houses and was to move to Manchester by , where he was caught red-handed outside one of the properties. He was sentenced to another six months - this time in Strangeways. His old plumbing skills were to come in useful when the matron of Strangeways smelt gas in her home.
Jackson was taken to the house in charge of warder Webb on Tuesday, the 22nd of May After completing the repair, he hit Webb on the back of the head with a hammer fracturing his skull. He stole Webb's boots and then escaped into the roof void from where he was able to remove the slates with the hammer murder weapon and get out onto the roof.
He was thus able to escape from the matron's house and get down into the street. On the run, he supported himself by housebreaking, as usual, before being finally caught in Bradford on the 2nd of June , where he gave himself up without a struggle and immediately confessed to the killing.
He was taken back to Manchester for trial. Jackson was described in a contemporary newspaper report as "a daring and adroit criminal, the recital of whose exploits caused wonder and consternation throughout the land,". Annes near Blackpool. She had been shot three times with a revolver.
Holt's footprints, together with his Webley service revolver and bloodstained gloves, were found in the dunes. Holt, who had been her lover, was arrested and charged with her murder. His trial began at Preston Crown Court in and it took 4 months to find him guilty of 15 charges of murder and one of forgery. Sentenced to 15 life sentences and a four-year sentence for forgery he was sent to Durham Prison and later transferred to Wakefield Prison in A year later he committed suicide in his cell, found on the eve of his 58 th birthday.
His experiences in the prison are well documented, not just in his interviews with the press, but also his songs. Luckily his protection was not needed, with fellow prisoners quickly adopting Brown as one of their own, mainly due to his treatment from prison officers. After 2 months he was released on parole and insists that the experience left him in the best shape of his life, and with an even stronger dislike for people in positions of authority. A sure-fire foundation for the Stone Roses reunion that was to come later.
In October , five-year-old April Sue-Lyn Jones disappeared after being sighted climbing into a vehicle near her home in Machynlleth, Powys in Wales. Her story went national and following a public appeal by the Prime minster himself, David Cameron, the entire country was frantic to reunite this poor little girl with her family. Her greatest books were written in reaction to the industrialisation of Manchester, where she lived for much of her life. The best-known of her remaining novels are Cranford , North and South , and Wives and Daughters She became popular for her writing, especially her ghost stories, aided by Charles Dickens, who published her work in his magazine Household Words.
Gaskell died on 12 November , leaving her longest work, 'Wives and Daughters' unfinished. For over years, this house has been associated with its most famous resident: the novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell, who lived here from to Contact Home.
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