Execution Dock His remains were gibbeted by the river Thames at Tilbury for three years. George Davis and William Watts, convicted for piracy for the "Cyprus" mutiny, were the final hangings at the dock on 16 December 1830. Some sources state there is a large "E" on the Thames side of the building at Swan Wharf, indicating the site of Execution Dock. Another source states it was approximately where the London Overground station now stands. Execution Dock Execution Dock was a place in the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute
William Winterbourne pleaded for Winterbourne’s life, but to no avail. Unusually for hanged men his body was returned to Kintbury and buried in the churchyard. A ceremony was held there in 2013 to remember him. It included a descendant of William Winterbourne. William Winterbourne William Winterbourne, also known as William Smith, was the very first of the "Victims of Whiggery" to be hanged at Reading Gaol on 11 January 1831 for his part in the Swing Riots of 1830. He was born in Kintbury in 1798. The riots involved agricultural labourers and others from the south and east of England whose livelihoods