BOLTON BY BOWLAND
| Population: 499 | Grid Reference: SD785495 | Co-ordinates: 53.941,-2.329 |
The village green
Village
on the edge of the Forest of Bowland. Prior to 1974
Bolton-by-Bowland was in the Bowland Rural District of the West Riding
of Yorkshire. The village is on the Tosside Beck near it's
confluence with the River Ribble. The Coach & Horses Inn is
by the large village green where there is a war memorial and a set of
stocks.
The stocks were designed to incapacitate the hands as well as the feet no doubt providing a very uncomfortable experience for whoever was locked in them for several hours.
Nearby is an old finger post which reflects the village's pre-1974 status before it became part of Lancashire.
The CofE Church of St. Peter and St. Paul's offers services at 11:15am every Sunday.
The stocks were designed to incapacitate the hands as well as the feet no doubt providing a very uncomfortable experience for whoever was locked in them for several hours.
Nearby is an old finger post which reflects the village's pre-1974 status before it became part of Lancashire.
The CofE Church of St. Peter and St. Paul's offers services at 11:15am every Sunday.
 The stocks |
 St. Peter & St. Paul's Church |
 Old Yorkshire West Riding finger post |