Stocks – Clint Bank Lane, Clint, N Yorks, UK
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bill&ben
N 54° 02.026 W 001° 36.193
30U E 591481 N 5988181
A set of stocks adjacent to the remains of a wayside cross.
Waymark Code: WM137W7
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/06/2020
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British History Online has a description of the cross and stocks
“Cross base and stocks. Medieval and later. Gritstone. Cross base: 3 steps
surmounted by square socket stone for cross shaft (missing). Overall height
approximately 1.5 metres. The riser of the top step, south side, carries
the crudely cut inscription 'PALLISER' and on the step below 'THE TAILOR'.
William Palliser was a former stonemason who had a shop in Parliament
Street, Harrogate c1890. Stocks adjacent on right: 2 stone shafts
approximately 1.2 metres high, slightly splayed at the bases, with grooves
on internal faces. The wooden rail with 2 leg holes inserted since 1962.
Burnt Yates Womens Institute, Township of Clint cum Hamlets, 1975, p 1.”
There is an adjacent plaque next to the cross with the inscription
“The ancient monument known as CLINT CROSS was renovated in 1977 by Nidderdale Round Table to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Round Table Movement, which was founded in 1927 by Louis Marchesi of Norwich”
Type of Device: Stocks
What is the approximate age?: 01/01/1800
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