Old Market Place, Stocks and Whipping Post
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Old Market Place, Stocks and Whipping Post
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 12 Jan 2012
The seventeenth century Buttermarket was in the middle of Old Market Place until about 1850. Over the Buttermarket was the courtroom with a lock-up at the side until 1838. There were also a stocks and a whipping post. Public floggings, eg for stealing, took place here until the early 19th century. As well as the replica market cross (Image]), the Market Place Traders erected the replica, stocks and whipping post in 1990. The lintel from the Police Lock-ups of 1838 in George Street, which were closed in 1866, was incorporated into the stocks’ seat. For more details, see http://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/altrincham/page2.phtml (Altrincham History Society)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.388954
Longitude
-2.350598