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Family of man hanged in Bristol in 1821 seek burial

The family of a man who was hanged for murder in Bristol are planning to give him a proper burial, more than 180 years after he died.

Mary Halliwell, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was researching her family tree on the internet when she discovered she was related to John Horwood - the first man to be publicly hanged at Bristol's New Gaol in 1821.

He was the brother of Mrs Halliwell's great-great-great grandfather and lived in the village of Hanham near Bristol.

Horwood was sentenced to death for the murder of Eliza Balsom who also lived in the village.

Mrs Halliwell has since discovered Horwood's body is being stored by the University of Bristol and now is making plans, with the help of a local funeral director, for a burial....
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