Village Stocks Outside St. Chad's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1967. Stocks.
Village Stocks Outside St. Chad's Church
- WRENN ID
- salt-attic-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1967
- Type
- Stocks
- Address
- Village Stocks Outside St. Chad's Church, Church Lane, Saddleworth
- OS grid reference
- SE 007 063
- Coordinates
- 53.55414, -1.99001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village stocks located outside St. Chad's Church in Uppermill date back to 1698, as indicated by the inscription "IW HW 1698" on the posts. These stocks are made of stone and feature replaced timber foot restraints. Each stone post has a cylindrical-shaped head with concentric circles carved into the outer faces, and the date is displayed on the front faces. The stocks are referenced in J. Bradbury's "Saddleworth Sketches."
Local climate
Village Stocks Outside St. Chad's Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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