Stocks

Stocks are a feet restraining device that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: a punishment device in the form of a wooden block, primarily intended to restrain feet (ankles)
  • Also known as: “stocks”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christchurch Castle and Red House Museum and Gardens.

Photo: Ulli1105, CC BY 3.0.
is a Norman motte and bailey castle in , . The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160. The castle's site is inside the old Saxon burh dominating the River Avon's lowest crossing.

Museum
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The is a museum of local history located in . The red-brick Georgian building was constructed in 1764 as the parish . is situated 580 feet southwest of Stocks.

Hotel
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wick and Stanpit.

Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the south bank of the River Stour in , , just short of the Stour's entry into . Along with the nearby village of , it originally formed a tithing in the Hundred of , before becoming part of the Civil Parish of in 1894.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority in the ceremonial county of , England. is within parish, and is situated on the shore of , 1 mile east of town centre.

Suburb
is a suburb of , in the unitary authority area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Stocks

Latitude
50.73379° or 50° 44′ 2″ north
Longitude
-1.77487° or 1° 46′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C2WP6MG+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11115798513
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­pillory
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1484064
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Stocks” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فلقة العقاب”
  • Arabic: “مقطرة”
  • Belarusian: “калодкі”
  • Breton: “Karkan”
  • Catalan: “cep”
  • Catalan: “Cep”
  • Central Bikol: “Pandog”
  • Chinese: “桩罚”
  • Chinese: “樁罰”
  • Chinese: “足枷”
  • Danish: “Gabestok”
  • Danish: “kag”
  • Danish: “skamstøtte”
  • Dutch: “stok”
  • Finnish: “Jalkapuu”
  • Finnish: “Jalkapuut”
  • French: “Cep”
  • German: “Fußblock”
  • German: “Stock”
  • Hungarian: “kaloda”
  • Icelandic: “Gapastokkur”
  • Icelandic: “Stjaki”
  • Indonesian: “Pasung”
  • Italian: “ceppo”
  • Japanese: “ストックス”
  • Japanese: “パスン”
  • Japanese: “足枷”
  • Korean: “족계”
  • Macedonian: “томрук”
  • Macedonian: “тумрук”
  • Polish: “dyby”
  • Polish: “Dyby”
  • Portuguese: “tronco”
  • Portuguese: “Tronco”
  • Russian: “Колодки”
  • Slovenian: “klada”
  • Slovenian: “Klada”
  • Spanish: “cepo”
  • Spanish: “Cepo”
  • Swedish: “Straffstock”
  • Ukrainian: “колодка”
  • Ukrainian: “Колодка”
  • Uzbek: “Kundalar”

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