Stocks - Roundtown, Aynho, Northamptonshire, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 51° 59.698 W 001° 15.323
30U E 619777 N 5761915
These are the village stocks in Aynho and they are an important historical site with a marker plaque.
Waymark Code: WM5H0Z
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/06/2009
Views: 5
The stocks are on the westerly side of the village against the wall and are surrounded by railings. There is a plaque which reads as follows:
'AYNHO STOCKS
THESE STOCKS WERE ERECTED
NEAR THIS SITE BETWEEN
1700 AND 1725
BY THE ORDER OF
THOMAS CARTWRIGHT ESQ
AND WERE LAST USED FOR OFFENDERS
IN THE PERIOD 1800 - 1850'