• Reference
    CRT130LUT/20
  • Title
    Copies of cuttings from the Bedfordshire Mercury relating the murder of William Bradbury on 3rd August 1867, details of the inquest, the subsequent trial of William Worsley, Levi Welch and James Day and the public execution of William Worsley at Bedford Jail on 31 March 1868. He was the last person to be publicly executed in Bedfordshire. See also Luton Community Archive pages at bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk.
  • Date free text
    1867-1868
  • Production date
    From: 1867 To: 1868
  • old accession number 2706
  • Level of description
    item