Site of 17th century Village Lock-up or Cage, High Road (EHER 5281)

Site of post-medieval cage or village lock-up. The village pound adjoins, it was an enclosure formed by fencing of rent oak rails and posts . The lock-up was moved and re-erected in 1938 and is detailed in EHER 35249.

The site of a 'Cage' or village lock-up. Single storey, tarred and weatherboarded timber-framed building. It was last used in 1846, was re-erected in 1938 to the east of Hall Farm (TQ 641 821, EHER 35249). It has a window with iron bars, a battened door and a hipped roof. Adjoining it is the village pound, a fenced enclosure of rent oak rails and posts. <1> <2> <3> 17th or early 18th century with small, barred windows, plank door with heavy hinges and hipped plain tile roof. Village pound adjoins. <4> The lock-up was moved and re-erected in 1938 and is detailed in EHER 35249. EHER 5281 was previously mapped at NGR TQ 641 820 and was relocated based on <7> <8> which show the building.