Bartholomew Binns (1839–1911) was an English executioner from November 1883 to March 1884.
Capital punishment
Bloody Code
The Bloody Code is a name given to the system of crimes and punishments in force in England during the 18th and early 19th centuries that resulted in the death penalty for offences that would today be considered minor.
Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868
The Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c.24) received Royal Assent on 29 May 1868, putting an end to public executions for murder in the United Kingdom.
Catherine Hayes
Catherine Hayes née Hall (1690–1726), was the last woman in England to be executed by being burned alive.
De heretico comburendo
De heretico comburendo (2 Hen. IV c. 15), was a law passed in 1401 during the reign of King Henry IV, allowing heretics to be burned alive.
Halifax Gibbet
The Halifax Gibbet was an early guillotine, or decapitating machine, used in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was probably installed during the 16th century as an alternative to beheading by axe or sword.
Hanged, drawn and quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1352 a statutory penalty in England for men convicted of high treason.
William Calcraft
William Calcraft (11 October 1800 – 13 December 1879) was a 19th-century English hangman, one of the most prolific of British executioners.