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The stocks, along with the pillory and the whipping post, were instruments of punishment at one time in use throughout England.

The market cross, similar to the one at Bungay, housed the stocks until the 19th century.

Completed in 1753 at a cost of £12, the Market Hall, Butter Cross and the stocks were removed at a cost of £16 6s from Main Street to the Prince of Wales park in 1888, which is where we see them in this

The Stock Exchange was yet another symbol of Glasgow's industrial might.

St Vincent's Place was right in the commercial heart of the city with the National Bank, the Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and the Athenaeum club all nearby.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down building constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

What could be more English than the stocks (now restored) on the village green, with the manor house in the background?

A plaque on the structure protecting the stocks refers to the legislation of 1376, which required that stocks be set up in every town and village 'to encourage virtue and discourage evil doers'

Looking towards the church tower spire and the south entrance into the baptistry.

Before the establishment of county police forces in the 1840s, parish constables had to punish offenders. They could either be placed in the stocks for a period of time, or whipped.

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down house constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

The stocks and whipping post were moved from their previous position against the Bridewell wall to protect them from the 'increase in traffic' generated by the newly- built Fire Station.

Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms. Nearby was an area of open heathland.

The stocks and pillory in Market Square remind us of a time when justice was swift and direct.

The photograph shows the Cock Pit as it was in 1929. The post box is a unique Victorian model dated 1856. The stocks are thought to have come from Clewer in the late 1920s.

At this point, the Market Place adjoins Blackpool Old Road.

Kelvedon Hatch is a popular commuter village in the Green Belt north-west of Brentwood. It is now well-known for its formerly 'secret' government nuclear bunker.

Since the 12th century, markets have been held on this cobbled square - it covers over 3 acres. It is surrounded by many important houses, some owned by the most wealthy merchants and families.

The 16th-century Falkland Arms is a typically olde-worlde English pub. It was once owned by the Falkland family, hence its name.

On the right is the junction with Station Road. Under the Town Hall once stood an old 18th-century fire engine with wooden wheels, and also the old stocks.

Nestling in the borough of Maidstone, this village is made up of three main streets.

The stocks and pillory in Market Square remind us of a time when justice was swift and direct.