Site of Hatton Stocks, Hatton Green
Description of this historic site
The site of Hatton stocks, a wooden frame through which criminals would be made to place their hands and feet as a punishment. The stocks were in use during the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. The stocks were located at Hatton Green, 300m south west of the church.
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Notes about this historic site
1 No trace of stocks remain. They consisted of a wooden frame to pinion the legs of two persons. They were in good condition, but were stolen between 1939 and 1945.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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