Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield.
This open space near the church was where the annual Whitsuntide Sing took place. It was also the place where the village stocks were located. Convicted drunks, brawlers and minor thieves were locked in the stocks often for several days and in all weathers. Stocks were last used in England in 1872. One 91-year old Ecclesfielder interviewed by a local newspaper reporter in 1932 said he remembered that when he was a boy drunks were still put in the stocks on Sunday morning for being drunk on Saturday night.
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| Archiving Reference Number | K/006/a/S CHGA |
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| Type | Photograph |
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| Contributor/s | Original from Alan Boulton |
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| Date Donated to the EDA | 1st October 2016 |
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