Gallows Hill: History Talk

Nottingham Central Library is hosting a history talk on Gallows Hill on Saturday 31 October, led by the National Justice Museum. It's a morning session, so you'll be out by lunchtime.

Gallows Hill was Nottingham's main execution site for a long time, and it stood where the Church Cemetery entrance is now on Mansfield Road. Throughout the 1700s and 1800s, a real cross-section of the city and county met their end there: humble thieves alongside some of the most notorious murderers of the era. The talk looks at how executions actually worked on the site and why they eventually stopped.

The session is part of the Agatha Christie: World of Mystery programme, which spends time on Nottingham's darker history, its notorious crimes, and the stories behind justice and punishment. It also sits within the British Library's Living Knowledge Network, so it's one of several things running as part of that wider project.

It's at Nottingham Central Library on Carrington Street, NG1 7FF. Doors open at 10:45am, the talk starts at 11:00am and wraps up by 12:00pm. Entry is free for anyone 16 and over.