Margaret Waters [SEP] place of death
Margaret Waters
Margaret Waters was an English serial killer hanged by executioner William Calcraft on 11 October 1870 at Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as Surrey County Gaol) in London.
Waters was born in 1835 and lived in Brixton. She was known for baby farming, that is, taking in other women's children for money; a practice often resulting in infanticide.
Waters drugged and starved the infants in her care and is believed to have killed at least 19 children. Charged with five counts of wilful murder as
, Margaret "Place also of life" New Zealand Historic Places (Sep 1991) n. 34, pp. 22–23. [history of the Bolton Street Cemetery. Abridged and edited version of a speech]
- Alington, Margaret "How I came to Karori" Stockade (1989) n. 22, pp. 9–10.
- Alington, Margaret Bibliography of material relating to Surville's voyage to New Zealand, 1769–1770 compiled by Margaret H. Broadhead. ([Wellington, N.Z.]: Alexander Turnbull Library, 1956