Durham executions 1735 - 1799.
The Assizes were held only in the Summer and always at Durham.
127 people were sentenced to death of whom 24 people were hanged at Dryburn.
Name	Trial date	Crime	Execution date
Jonathan Simpson	W 23 July 1735	Murder bastard	W  6 August 1735
Thomas Galalee	W 15 August 1739	Horse theft	W  5 September 1739
Nicholas Haddock	Th.  8 August 1745	Murder	M  26 August 1745
Paul Coleman	W  3 August 1748	Robbery	M 15 August 1748
James M'Fidum	Th.  9 August 1750	Robbery	M  27 August 1750
William Heugh	Th.  2 August 1757	Murder bastard	M  8 August 1757
Charles Todd	Summer 1762	Murder	M  9 August 1762
Margaret Middleton	Tu. 26 July 1763	Murder of Jane Parkinson	M  1 August 1763
John Slaid	Tu. 26 July 1768	Highway robbery	F 12 August 1768
Robert Hazlett	Tu.14 August 1770	Highway robbery mail	Tu. 18 September 1770
		afterwards hanged in chains on Gateshead Fell.
Matthew Vasey	Tu. 3 August 1773	Highway robbery	M 23 August 1773
Joseph Humphreys	Tu. 30 July 1776	Burglary	Th. 15 August 1776
John Tilley	Tu.  7 August 1781	Highway robbery	Tu. 20 August 1781
Margaret Tinkler	Tu.  7 August 1781	Murder of mother & baby	Tu 20 November 1781
Robert Storey	Tu.12 August 1783	Murder of Thomas Idle	M 18 August 1783
John Winship	Tu. 19 July 1785	Murder of his maid	M 25 July 1785
William Hamilton	Tu. 19 July 1785	Burglary	M  1 August 1785
Isabelle Paterson	Tu. 19 July 1785	Burglary	M  1 August 1785
Duncan Wright	Tu. 19 July 1785	Stole in dwelling house	M  1 August 1785
Thomas Elliott	Tu. 19 July 1785	Horse theft	M  1 August 1785
Francis Blenkinsop	Tu.  8 August 1786	Burglary	M 21 August 1786
Morley Tewitt	Tu.  8 August 1786	Burglary	M 21 August 1786
James Pinckney	Tu. 27 July 1790	Sheep theft	M 9 August 1790
Mary Nicholson	Tu. 31 July 1798	Murder of Elizabeth Atkinson	M  22 July 1799