Information for record number MWA1911:
Site of Stocks at Church Lane/Southam Road

Summary The site of a pillory or stocks, a wooden frame through which criminals would put their hands and heads and be exposed to public ridicule. The pillory was in use during the Imperial period and was situated at the junction of Church Land and Southam Road, Radford Semele.
What Is It?  
Type: Pillory, Stocks, Punishment Place
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Radford Semele
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The village stocks were on the W side of Church Lane at the top of Southam Road. J Hitchcox never saw them, but his father pointed out their position and told him that his grandfather was in them often. People were put in them generally for being drunk on Saturday night, and were placed there on Sunday morning facing the people going to Church. Information J Hitchcox.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Radford Semele
Author/originator: Parsons L
Date:
Page Number: 64
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Glossary

 
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Description  
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PILLORY * A wooden frame with holes, through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust, in which state they would be exposed to public ridicule and assault. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PUNISHMENT PLACE * A site where acts of corporal and capital punishment were carried out. back
monument STOCKS * An instrument of punishment, in which the offender was placed in a sitting position in a timber frame, with holes to confine the ankles and wrists between two planks. back

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