Datchworth Green: The Whipping Post
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Datchworth Green: The Whipping Post
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 29 Nov 2009
The small plaque on the post states that it was last known to have been used on 27 July 1665 when two vagabonds were publicly flogged here. (Please note that the true co-ordinates of the post are TL 2687 1825, but that plots in the middle of the road, so I have amended them slightly to fit the mapping better.)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.848178
Longitude
-0.160134