Broughton-in-Furness Stocks, Cumbria
N 54° 16.669 W 003° 12.683
30U E 486236 N 6014453
In the square in Broughton-in-Furness is a pedestrian island, on which amongst the fish slabs are a wooden and stone stocks. Grade 2 star listing with obelisk.
Waymark Code: WM5F86
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/31/2008
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Broughton-in-Furness Market Square was formally laid out in 1760 by John Gilpin Sawrey, the Lord of the Manor, who lived at Broughton Tower, a large mansion just a short distance from the Square. The obelisk was erected by his widow.
In Elizabethan times a charter was granted to hold fairs, and it is in the Square that the annual reading of the Charter takes place on 1st August. Broughton was once an important market town, particularly for the woollen and cattle trades. Surviving from these days are the stocks for misbehavers, and the fish slabs used to sell fish caught in the nearby River Duddon.
Grade 2 star listing