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Tuxford Lock-up

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Tuxford Lock-up by Richard Croft as part of the Geograph project.

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Tuxford Lock-up

Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 28 Apr 2010

One of the last two lock-ups in Nottinghamshire (the other being at Farnsfield) built in 1823 when Tuxford was a prosperous market town on the Great North Road. The proximity of Sherwood Forest and presence of highwaymen kept the Constable busy incarcerating up to two villains until about 1900

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap

Latitude

53.229345

Longitude

-0.900417