Monument record 0183800000 - THE BROADWAY, CHESHAM

Summary

Site of post-medieval pound, stocks and pillory on The Broadway, demolished in the nineteenth century

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Type and Period (3)

  • PILLORY (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
  • POUND (Demolished 1833, Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
  • STOCKS (Demolished 1833, Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

IN THE BROADWAY THE CAGE ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO REARED ITS UNSHAPELY HEAD, & THE POUND & THE STOCKS ADJOINED IT. THEY WERE REMOVED IN 1833...THIS SPOT HAD FORMERLY BEEN GRACED ALSO BY A PILLORY (B1-2).
OS ANTIQUITY NO. SP 90 SE:19 (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC1361 Index: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 1838.
  • <2>SBC7991 Article in serial: LOWNDES L 'CHESHAM' IN RECS OF BUCKS 3 1862 P73.
  • <3>SBC10678 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 95970 01740 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 23 2009 4:33PM

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