Tyne and Wear HER(678): Whickham, stocks - Details
678
Gateshead
Whickham, stocks
Whickham
NZ26SW
Civil
Punishment Place
Stocks
Unknown
Documentary Evidence
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".
2096
6136
NZ20966136
<< HER 678 >> W. Bourn, 1893, History of the Parish of Whickham, 18