crb11 wrote:One more for the list: Caxton Gibbet (A1198/A428 roundabout). The gibbet has been gone 200 years, but there was a pub there with the same name until relatively recently (about 2000 I think).
The original gibbet may have gone - but I recall a replica being there in the 1960's, complete with cage.
According to Wikipedia "There is a modern replica which can be seen in photographs dating back to 1900, the erection of which may have been connected with the nearby inn of the same name.
Found this old post linked from the Testo's Roundabout discussion and made me wonder how many roadside gibbets there are that still remain?
Caxton Gibbet is a rather well known example but is as has been said unfortunately a 19th century replica built by the local publican as a tourist attraction.
I admit I haven't actually had a close up look at this, but I believe it pivots about a vertical axis - so would be no use for ducking alleged witches.
Moore_O wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 14:08
I admit I haven't actually had a close up look at this, but I believe it pivots about a vertical axis - so would be no use for ducking alleged witches.
The lack of any body of water to dunk them into would also be a bit of an issue
Indeed - although that could have been filled in, I suppose.
Are there any extant ducking stools? I know of stocks (although they might be a pillory) in Eyhorne Street village, Kent... they're definitely reproduction but don't know why they're there - presumably on the site of an original set.
Moore_O wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 16:09
Indeed - although that could have been filled in, I suppose.
Are there any extant ducking stools? I know of stocks (although they might be a pillory) in Eyhorne Street village, Kent... they're definitely reproduction but don't know why they're there - presumably on the site of an original set.
There is a ducking stool - a very impressive one - in Leominster, Herefordshire. It's kept in the Priory Church nowadays, and was last used in 1809.
Note the folding ducking arm, with the seat into which the miscreant would be strapped at the other end. Note also that it is wheeled, so would be stored indoors until needed. While it looks as though it is in working order, I think we can assume that it will remain a museum piece.
WRT stocks vs pillory - you would be sat down with your ankles through the holes for the stocks, while your head and arms would be locked in while you stood up for the pillory, that being much more uncomfortable, I imagine.
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FleetlinePhil wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 08:50
There is a replica ducking stool on the River Avon in Christchurch. I suspect their MP might think it is still in daily use .
It almost made up for not being able to see into the yard where the trolleybus turntable now resides. Almost.
There's a roadside set of stocks in Havering-atte-Bower. Pretty sure they were rebuilt some years back.
According to Wikipedia the pond across the road was used for ducking witches. I prefer the idea these were actually used for watering cattle and washing down horse and coaches passing through.
Big Nick wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:24
There's a roadside set of stocks in Havering-atte-Bower. Pretty sure they were rebuilt some years back.
According to Wikipedia the pond across the road was used for ducking witches. I prefer the idea these were actually used for watering cattle and washing down horse and coaches passing through.
FleetlinePhil wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 08:50
There is a replica ducking stool on the River Avon in Christchurch. I suspect their MP might think it is still in daily use .
It almost made up for not being able to see into the yard where the trolleybus turntable now resides. Almost.
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the pond across the road was used for ducking witches. I prefer the idea these were actually used for watering cattle and washing down horse and coaches passing through.