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 In Dugdale’s time stocks existed at the village of Lower Ettington. These were removed in 1798 when the whole village (PRN 1286) was removed to clear the park.
2 Noted ...
There is documentary evidence that there were village stocks, in which an offender's hands and/or feet were locked as punishment, at Lower Ettington. Their exact location is unknown.