Village Stocks & Whipping Post - Village Green - Gretton, Northamptonshire
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N 52° 32.387 W 000° 40.543
30U E 657625 N 5823616
Village Stocks & Whipping Post on the village green, Gretton.
Waymark Code: WM11M0Z
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/10/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree
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Village Stocks & Whipping Post on the village green, Gretton.

"Gretton is one of the few villages to retain its stocks and whipping post, which can be found on the village green. The last recorded use was in 1858, when a villager was put in the stocks for six hours after failing to pay a fine for drunkenness."

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Type of Device: Stocks and whipping post

What is the approximate age?: 01/01/1850

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