S is for Stocks#

Sat Mar 29 19:28:02 2025

S is for Stocks. Although there have been stocks in Roydon since "date uncertain", they have been substantially rebuilt since that time and perhaps even more than once. "Most recently in 2016" according to the Parish Council web site.

I'm assuming they don't still see use, but that does make one wonder why they keep rebuilding them. Maybe it's to attract motorcyclists to the village to take pictures. Anyway I was careful to stick to the speed limit lest I end up in them

Next to the stocks is the village lockup, which looks like a small wooden shed. Apparently this is where in former times criminals were held until they could be brought before the magistrate.

It looks very low to the ground. Perhaps they expected to lock up only short people, or just didn't see why the detainee should be able to stand up.

I did try for a photo of the inside, but I don't really know what I'm looking at here. Its possible that the low height is because it was partly set into the ground, but its equally as possible that the floor has rotted away and been removed