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© Mr John Chester
IoE Number:
270756
Location:
STOCKS AND WHIPPING POST IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH AISLE, CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE,
WEST MONKTON, TAUNTON DEANE, SOMERSET
Photographer:
Mr John Chester
Date Photographed:
16 August 2006
Date listed:
07 May 1963
Date of last amendment:
07 May 1963
Grade
II
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ST22NE WEST MONKTON CP
WEST MONKTON VILLAGE
6/212 Stocks and Whipping post in
churchyard, about 10 metres South
of South aisle, Church of St
Augustine
7.5.63
GV II
Stocks and whipping post under canopy, C18, possibly earlier, resited in churchyard early C20, late C20 canopy. Wood
and wrought iron. Whipping post: about 1.5 metres high, broken at top, corners bound with metal strips, set of manacles
attached to post, Stocks: hinged boards with 6 circular openings, hinges much eroded, Set below C20 wooden plain roofed
canopy supported by 4 posts. The survival of whipping posts is uncommon.