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The secrets of Britain's most famous hangman are set to be revealed after a notebook detailing all of his executions was uncovered in the clear out of a house.

Albert Pierrepoint kept the pocket book throughout his 25 year career, during which he executed more than 400 people, including murderers and Nazi war criminals.

In his notebook, the executioner wrote meticulous notes on every single individual who met their fate in his dreaded hangman's noose.

Across eight columns he jotted down details, including name, age, height, weight, date and place of execution.

The Yorkshire born hangman also provides details of his subjects' neck types, which were either 'ordinary, strong or thin'.

He used this information so he could calculate the correct drop height to achieve the quickest and cleanest death for the condemned man or woman.

Pierrepoint is believed to have a had his notebook with him while carrying out his executions and is believed to have referred to it when he wrote up official reports

The hangman, a former green grocer who followed in his father and uncle's footsteps by taking up the job of executioner, gave the book to his god-daughter.

She unearthed it during a recent clear out of her home and has made it available for sale at auction.

Pierrepoint worked as a hangman for more than 20 years, from 1932 to 1956, and was responsible for the death of over 200 Nazi war criminals after WWII.

After he retired, the former executioner ran a pub his wife Annie in Southport, Merseyside, before he died aged 87 in 1992.

He later published an autobiography in which he admitted that he didn't believe in capital punishment.

The executioner was, however, hailed as a hero by many, once his identity was his revealed.