Information for record number MWA3295:
Site of Stocks in Bridge Street

Summary The site of stocks, in which the offender's wrists and/or ankles were held as a punishment. They dated to the Imperial period, and were located at the junction of Bridge Street and School Lane, Kenilworth. They were later moved to Borrowell Lane.
What Is It?  
Type: Pillory, Stocks, Punishment Place
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 At one time the old stocks were placed near the junction of School Lane and Bridge Street. According to a local man, they were in the playground in front of the old Institute in Bridge Street. They were later moved to Borrowell Lane (see PRN 3296).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Yesterday's Town - Kenilworth
Author/originator: Drew J
Date: 1982
Page Number: 106-109
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. 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 INSTITUTE * A building in which a society or organization is instituted to promote science, art, literature, education, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. 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
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back

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