Village Stocks
Introduction
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Village Stocks
Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 8 Sep 2015
These old village stocks are sited adjacent to the church walls in St Cuthbert’s Road and were probably built by a John Linaker in 1741. It is said that they were last used in 1860 when they held a John Rimmer for drunkenness.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.660106
Longitude
-2.962231