Whickham, stocks

HER Number:
678

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, stocks

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Punishment Place

Site Type: Specific:
Stocks

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1893 the antiquarian Bourn reported that "about seventy years ago the village stocks stood beside the yew tree in front of the tower (of the church). Probably, they had then fallen into disuse, as they had originally stood on the village green. They were last seen in the blacksmith's shop on the west side of the churchyard, and are now only remembered by the oldest inhabitants".

Easting:
2096

Northing:
6136

Grid Reference:
NZ20966136

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 678 >> W. Bourn, 1893, History of the Parish of Whickham, 18