This nun had many names, The Nun of Kent, The Holy Maid of London, The Holy Maid of Kent and also The Mad Maid of Kent, but Elizabeth Barton was also the only woman who had her head placed on a spike on London Bridge.
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Martin van Butchell’s Interesting Wife
Martin van Butchell was a quack dentist and all round 'interesting chap' in London, known for riding around on a white pony that was painted with purple spots.
An Overly Fatal Execution (1807)
John Holloway and Owen Haggerty were hanged on 23rd February 1807 at Newgate prison for the murder of lavender nursery owner John Cole Steele. The pair were convicted on circumstantial evidence as well as a testimony from Benjamin Hatfield (who's transportation sentence was then dismissed) and many thought them innocent or at least unjustly condemned to death.
Darker London 