1 There was, reports say, a public gaol, near the church and adjoining the farm, part of the foundation of which was discovered, many years since, by some labourers ...
The site of a Post Medieval prison or gaol. It was situated 200m south west of the church at Willoughby.
1 In Stretton the Warwick County Asylum for Juvenile Delinquents was established in 1818. It was a private venture, taking charge of convicted boys of 14-16 years of age, who ...
The Warwick County Asylum for Juvenile Delinquents, a house of correction, dating to the Imperial period. It was situated to the south east of Stretton on Dunsmore.
1 Site of former Coleshill Gaol, now Nos. 11-15 Blyth Road. The old iron-plated strong door of the Gaol was retained at the back of the properties. In the door ...
The site of Coleshill Gaol or Prison which was in use during the Post Medieval period. It was situated on the east side of Blythe Road.
1 Building No 449. A Lock-up House owned by the Dean and Chapter of Worcester.
2 Mawkin End, a short wide area formed by the convergence of Shoemakers Street and the ...
The site of a lock up or prison dating to the Imperial period. It was owned by the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, and is marked on a tithe award map of 1842. It was situated off Church Street, Shipston on Stour.
1 The printing office of “The Meteor” is on or near the site of the town prison…whilst a few yards westwards were the stocks…in no infrequent use some 50 years ...
The site of the stocks, a wooden structure in which offenders' hands and feet were locked as a punishment. They date back to at least the Imperial period. The stocks were located on Sheep Street, Rugby.
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 ...
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.
1 When the stocks were removed from Bridge Street, they were placed in Borrowell Lane, opposite the pound. This was apparently for two reasons: the large increase in traffic ...
The site of stocks, in which an offender's wrists and/or ankles were held as a punishment. These stocks, which dated to the Imperial period were earlier sited in Bridge Street. This site was in Smalley Place in front of the Police Station.
1 Gothic revival building said to contain the lock-up.
2 One lock-up is marked (PRN 2116) but there is no mention of a second.
Documentary evidence suggests that this may be the site of a lock up which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe award map of 1842. The lock up was situated between Old Road and New Street, Shipston.
1 Atherstone stocks are in the RDC depot at Sheepey Road. They were moved there when the Hall was used by the Fire Brigade in the last war.
A pillory or stocks, a wooden frame containing holes through which criminals would put their hands and feet as a punishment. The stocks date to the Post Medieval period. They are now situated in the RDC Centre in Sheepy Road, Atherstone.
1 In front of the Dun Cow Hotel the stocks are still in existence, last used in 1866.
2 The stocks are completely restored.
3 Date indeterminate, but possibly 18th century. Timber. ...
Dunchurch village stocks, a wooden structure in which the feet and/or hands of criminals would have been locked as a punishment. The stocks were used during the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. They were situated in Market Place, Dunchurch.
1 The Dunchurch Lock-up was a rectangular brick building 9’6″ wide by 14’6″ deep with a tiled roof. It had a solitary 2′ square iron grill on the left ...
The site of Dunchurch lock up which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated on School Street, Dunchurch.
1 A late 17th century stone-built building with tiled roof, now a private dwelling. The single cell on the E end of the building has a barred window and the ...
A Post Medieval gaol or prison, built of stone in the late 17th century. It is now a private house but retains some of the original features. It was situated on the south side of Broad Street.
1 Stocks located at the Saxon Mill, in close proximity to the main wheel. The stocks have a plaque which says, ‘These original public punishment stocks were removed and restored ...
Wooden stocks dating to the Post Medieval period, in which an offender's wrist's and/or ankles were locked as a punishment. The original site of these stocks is unclear. They were restored in 1957 and are now at The Saxon Mill public house just north of Warwick.
1 Stocks marked.
2 Two side members still exist, restored in 1977, with a metal strap reinforcing them. Condition on site visit was ‘as restored’, very good. Stocks stand on a ...
Village stocks, in which offender's wrists and/or ankles were clamped as a punishment. The stocks were in use from the Post Medieval to the Imperial period. The stocks have been restored, and are located in a field to the west of the Infant and Junior School.
1 1670: A committee was set up to bargain for stone to erect a Market House. It was built on stone pillars and from 1700 parts were rented to tradesmen. ...
Warwick Market Hall was built of sandstone in the 17th century. Areas were rented to tradesmen, and there was a small prison on the ground floor. Markets were held here until 1905, after which the whole building became a museum. It is located in Market Place.
1 In 1676 a new gaol and house of correction was built. This was destroyed in the fire of 1694 but rebuilt within two years. In 1719 there ...
The site of a Post Medieval gaol in Northgate Street, Warwick. Destroyed by the fire of 1694, it was rebuilt within two years, and later repaired in 1779.
1 At the beginning of the 19th century a palisade of iron railings was placed between the piers supporting the arches at the Market Hall, and later the stocks, which ...
The site of stocks in which the offender's hand and/or feet were locked as a punishment. The stocks at Warwick Market Hall were replaced in the early 19th century by stocks on wheels which were used until 1872, for drunkenness.
1 Old village stocks.
2 The site is enclosed by iron railings. Only one small wooden stump remains. A local farmer recalls that the stocks were vandalised ...
Village stocks, in which an offender's wrists and/or ankles were held as a punishment. The stocks probably date to the Post Medieval period, and the remaining wooden stump is located 50m southwest of St John the Baptist's Church.
1 Minor reference to stocks at Henley-in-Arden to the effect that they stood in the vicinity of the Market Cross.
2 The stocks are no longer in existence, and the exact ...
The site of the village stocks at Henley in Arden, in which the hands and/or feet of the offender would have been locked as a punishment. The stocks date back to at least the Imperial period, and were located near the Market Cross.
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 ...
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.
1 The gaol (PRN 1938) was much enlarged by Thomas Johnson between 1779 and 1783. The facade is considered ‘remarkable as one of the earliest attempts to adapt Greek Doric ...
The 18th century County Gaol, in use during the Imperial period, and abandoned in favour of another site in 1860. It is now part of the County Council buildings in Northgate Street, Warwick.
1 The prison was built c1860 to replace the gaol at Shire Hall; it was used until 1915 and demolished in 1933. The route of the perimeter wall is perpetuated, ...
The site of Warwick Prison. The Prison dates from the Imperial Period and was situated on Cape Road.