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William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard

From: GALLERY : A PICTORIAL BACKGROUND TO THE LIFE & TIMES OF WILLIAM ROWBOTTOM, circa 1757 - 1830

In the Parish Stocks, by Alfred Crowquill

In the Parish Stocks, by Alfred Crowquill

"The stocks were considered to be essential to the preservation of law or order. Each township had to provide them for its inhabitants' use. The Manchester stocks were at the foot of the pillory, in the Market Place, and are frequently named in the Court Leet Records and in the Constables' Accounts."

From: 'Bygone Lancashire' Ed. by Ernest Axon. Pub. 1892

 
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