Village Stocks is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1954. Stocks.

Village Stocks

WRENN ID
ghost-solder-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 1954
Type
Stocks
Address
Village Stocks, Keighley Road
OS grid reference
SE 070 283
Coordinates
53.75187, -1.89426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village stocks, dated 1697, are located on the north side of Keighley Road in Illingworth. They consist of two stone posts with a shaped cross member and a stone seat behind. The stocks are inscribed with the date and the initials GK.

Local climate

Village Stocks sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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