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HER Number:MDV7243
Name:Stocks, St. Edmund's Church

Summary

Stocks stood in the porch of St Edmund's Church during the late 1970s, date and origin unknown.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 734 443
Map Sheet:SX74SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishKingsbridge
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishKINGSBRIDGE

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX74SW/14/2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • STOCKS (Unknown date)

Full description

Plan of Kingsbridge 1586 (Ground Photograph). SDV348757.

Pillory shown south of market building on a plan of 1586 of Kingsbridge, copied by G. P. Harris in 1799 and published in the Gentleman's Magazine.


Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX74SW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV348878.

Stocks. In the porch of St. Edmund's Church are the stocks. Of the usual two-plank pattern containing four holes for miscreants. They are in a very worm- eaten condition. No information as to their date or origin. Other details: Diagram.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV348757Ground Photograph: Plan of Kingsbridge 1586. Photograph (Paper).
SDV348878Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SX74SW8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.

Associated Monuments

MDV7241Related to: St. Edmund, Kingsbridge (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 25 2012 4:31PM