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Thesaurus Term/Concept: DUCKING STOOL

Identifier 68727
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A chair fixed to the end of a plank, in which scolds or dishonest people were tied and ducked in water as a punishment.

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Instances/Examples (6)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX1032571 Hutton Village (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031832 Medieval market place, Epping (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032573 Pillory and ducking-stool, Hutton (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031796 Pillory, whipping-post and ducking-stool, Bocking Church Street (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031957 Site of medieval to post-medieval cage, pillory, ducking-stool, and stocks at Cage End (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031814 Stocks, cage, pillory, ducking-stool and gallows, Coggeshall (Monument)