The village stocks with four ankle holes for the punishment of petty crime and misdemeanor in the village. Although probably used from the Anglo-Saxon period, a statute of 1351 made it law for every township to provide and maintain a set of stocks.

Date:
1885
Location:
The Stocks, Stanton Harcourt, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC73/00585
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Curator: Davies, Angela

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Keywords

Stocks, Health And Welfare