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Crime

This section looks at the various crimes, big or small, that have occurred in Hertfordshire, and our reactions to them.

  • 500 guineas reward
    500 guineas reward
    Attempted arson in Bishops Stortford
  • Bodysnatching at Little Hadham
    Bodysnatching at Little Hadham
    Gruesome goings on...
  • Crime Stories of Hertfordshire 1731-1800
    Crime Stories of Hertfordshire 1731-1800
    Recorded by the Gentlemen's Magazine
  • George Hill, last person executed in Hertford
    George Hill, last person executed in Hertford
    On the morning of 4 July 1875, William George Hill was baptized by his mother, Sarah Thrussell, at St. Peters ...
  • Last highwayman hung in Hemel Hempstead
    Last highwayman hung in Hemel Hempstead
    The last man convicted of highway robbery executed in 1802
  • More additions to Hertfordshire Names Online
    More additions to Hertfordshire Names Online
    The Westminster Bail Bonds (HALS/SH14) provide another source for family historians and also anyone who is interested in litigation in ...
  • Murder by poisoning
    Murder by poisoning
    John Carrington's Diary, 1800
  • Murder or suicide
    Murder or suicide
    Earl of Essex, 1683
  • Murders at Borham House and the Execution of Thomas Simmons
    Murders at Borham House and the Execution of Thomas Simmons
    At the southern end of the High Street, a house called Borham House used to stand next door to what ...
  • ROBERT ORRIDGE BAXTER - EXECUTIONER
    ROBERT ORRIDGE BAXTER - EXECUTIONER
    Hertfordshire's own Pierrepoint
  • Rogues and Vagabonds .. and other criminals
    Rogues and Vagabonds .. and other criminals
    August 2015 saw the addition to Hertfordshire Names Online of more than 12,000 summary convictions taken from the returns of the ...
  • The Curious case of Mrs Ridgley and her mean-tempered Irish Terrier
    The Curious case of Mrs Ridgley and her mean-tempered Irish Terrier
    The date was January 25th, 1919. Mrs Roach, asleep in her house on Nightingale Road, Hitchin awoke in the middle ...
  • The Hertford Horror
    The Hertford Horror
    Shameful murder in the heart of Hertford
  • The Marshals Wick Murder
    The Marshals Wick Murder
    August 22nd 1880
  • The Murder Of Harriet Lane from Waltham Cross
    The Murder Of Harriet Lane from Waltham Cross
    Whitechapel, 1875
  • The Red Lion Pub
    The Red Lion Pub
    Woolmer Green
  • Thomas Simmons
    Thomas Simmons
    awaiting trial in Hertford Gaol
  • Witchcraft
    Witchcraft
    Confession of Thomas Colley
  • The Cole Green Robbery of 1824

    The Cole Green Robbery of 1824 (4)

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