Gateshead, ducking stool
Gateshead, ducking stool
HER Number
5643
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, ducking stool
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
Site Type: Specific
Ducking Stool
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The account books of the church warden of St. Mary, contain references to events in Gateshead during the 17th century and 18th century, including the provision of a ducking stool, presumably associated with the Gateshead witch-hunt of 1649 (see also HER 5604).
Easting
425000
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ425000563000
Sources
<< HER 5643 >> 18th century, St Mary's Church - churchwarden's accounts
E. MacKenzie & M. Ross, 1834, An Historical View of Durham,pp 89-90
E. MacKenzie & M. Ross, 1834, An Historical View of Durham,pp 89-90