Washington, stocks

HER Number

9719

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Washington, stocks

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Legal Site

Site Type: Specific

Stocks

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1800 the Parish Beadle, Job Atkinson, locked people such as drunks into the stocks, which were located between the Old Smithy and the church. No trace remains today, but the wall fixings were still evident until at least the 1960s.

Easting

431000

Northing

556500

Grid Reference

NZ431000556500

Sources

Sunderland City Council, 2009, Washington Village Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; C. Bennett, 1960s, Washington Local History; Albert L. Hind, 1976, History and Folklore of Old Washington; Audrey Fletcher, 1999-2007, History of Washington webpages www.geocities.com/washingtonlass/HolyTrinityChurch.html