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Mary Timney

Dumfries

The last woman publicly hanged in Scotland.

Mary Timney was a poor mother of four who killed her neighbour Ann Hannah in a quarrel. She was hanged outside Dumfries prison in 1862, the last woman to be publicly executed in Scotland.

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When
29 April 1862
Where
55.0690, -3.6110
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

Dumfries Museum tells the town's history.

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