Monument record 1771/0/3 - Village Stocks, Tilston

Stocks, Church Road. Red sandstone. Three sided with square piers at front corners holding two-holed wooden stocks across front. Two-stepped sandstone seat inside. Some pitted coping stones may have held railings, or been reused (1). Stocks set on broad pavement at junction of Malpas Road and Church Road. Two renewed red sandstone piers measuring 1.12m high by 0.29m wide by 0.27m deep hold a split oak plank, with two 10cm diameter footholds, in slots measuring 0.76m long by 8cm wide. The footholds are closed by a pair of chains and replacement locks. The stock are enclosed to the rear by a sandstone wall which forms the superstructure to the stone seat. The coping stones above the sandstone wall include holes which once held railings, indicating that the stones are re-used. The monument is displayed openly and the nearby village notice board displays historical information which includes reference to the stocks (3 & 4).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/44 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ45SE9/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<3> Castlering Archaeology, 2008, Cheshire County Council Heritage Assets Condition Assessment 2007, 4592 (Client Report). SCH4931.

<4> Castlering Archaeology, 2008, Cheshire County Council Heritage Assets Condition Assessment 2007, 4592 (Digital Archive). SCH4933.